Nanny (2022)
91%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: NA
Led by Anna Diop’s strong central performance, the smartly disquieting Nanny is a promising debut for writer-director Nikyatu Jusu.
If you’re looking for a movie that’ll make you want to sleep with the lights on, Nanny is the one for you. Anna Diop absolutely kills it as the lead, giving us all the creeps we could ever want. And let’s give a round of applause to writer-director Nikyatu Jusu for making such a promising debut. This movie will have you questioning every babysitter you’ve ever hired.
Production Company(ies)
Amazon Studios, Blumhouse Productions, Prime Video, Stay Gold Features, Supernatural
Distributor
Amazon Studios
Release Type
Streaming, Streaming (Prime Video), Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
New York, New York, United States
MPAA / Certificate
R
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.00 : 1
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Runtime:1h 38m
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Language(s):English, Wolof
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Nov 23, 2022 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 16, 2022
Genre(s)
Horror/Mystery & thriller
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $10,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $10,000,000
Production budget ranking: 1,618
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $5,385,000
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Michelle Monaghan – Amy
Sinqua Walls – Malik
Morgan Spector – Adam
Rose Decker – Rose
Leslie Uggams – Kathleen
Nikyatu Jusu – Director/Writer
Nikkia Moulterie – Producer
Daniela Taplin Lundberg – Producer
Director(s)
Nikyatu Jusu
Writer(s)
Nikyatu Jusu
Producer(s)
Nikkia Moulterie, Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Film Festivals
Sundance, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (75) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (68) | Rotten (7)
While its horror elements and overall structure lack gratification, it’s the woman at its center and the submergence into her spirit that make it a poignant, wonderfully personal character study.
November 24, 2022 | Rating: 2.5/4
Peyton Robinson
RogerEbert.com
TOP CRITIC
The film is an experience for the senses; you’ll hold your breath as you’re consumed.
November 23, 2022
Pilar Galvan
NPR
TOP CRITIC
Diop’s delicate, fine-tuned performance works harmoniously with movie’s shape-shifting and with the other actors, especially Monaghan’s more full-bodied, quietly violent turn.
November 22, 2022
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
TOP CRITIC
A work of compassion and unease heralding a thoughtful, genre-probing talent.
November 22, 2022
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
It’d be better if “Nanny” leaned into its own ambiguousness and myth-making for its final act; there is no need for the film to be quite as literal as it winds up being.
November 21, 2022
Fran Hoepfner
TheWrap
TOP CRITIC
The film, despite being mostly set in a huge, expensive apartment that inexplicably seems to be illuminated only by low-wattage lightbulbs, by and large resists the easy tropes of conventional horror.
November 21, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
Michael O’Sullivan
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
A creeping tale of the ways in which a mother comes undone. It’s just unfortunate that Nanny comes undone alongside her.
November 23, 2022
Siddhant Adlakha
JoySauce.com
It feels reminiscent of 70s classics like Rosemary’s Baby and Don’t Look Now in its subtlety and startlingly intimate look at a different slice of domestic life.
November 23, 2022
Sarah Gorr
The Spool
A deeply felt portrayal by Anna Diop propels this atmospheric, character-driven thriller about maternal instincts and the immigrant experience.
November 23, 2022
Todd Jorgenson
Cinemalogue
Telling the story of a nanny trying to raise money to bring her son to America, this feature debut from writer-director Nikyatu Jusu plays both as an emotional drama and an enduringly evocative horror.
November 23, 2022 | Rating: B+
Chase Hutchinson
Collider
Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny is a tale of prolific sadness that challenges horror’s identity.
November 23, 2022 | Rating: 7.0/10
Matt Donato
Paste Magazine
[T]he movie gradually becomes more of a horror story … It’s far less convincing or developed in that regard.
November 23, 2022 | Rating: 2/4
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies…
Plot
Aisha, a woman who recently emigrated from Senegal, is hired to care for the daughter of an affluent couple living in New York City. Haunted by the absence of the young son she left behind, Aisha hopes her new job will afford her the chance to bring him to the U.S., but becomes increasingly unsettled by the family’s volatile home life. As his arrival approaches, a violent presence begins to invade both her dreams and her reality, threatening the American dream she is painstakingly piecing together.
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