Nanny weaves emotional, psychological, and spiritual depth into a refined package. Its payoff is rushed, but its themes are potent and significant. Nanny highlights the financial hardships, family estrangement, exploitation, mental pressures, and systemic oppression that immigrant women face. Meanwhile, there are interpretable supernatural elements that break conventions by assisting the protagonist. The acting provides convincing internal conflicts, chemistry, layers, evolution, distress, intensity, vulnerability, and motivation. Plus, there's a shocking ending, earned mysticism, and foreshadowing symbolism. Overall, Nanny is mentally packed and oddly paced, but its goals are powerful.
Technically, Nanny is sleek. Its striking imagery utilizes steady movement, colorful lighting, angles, composition, and a reflection motif. The abstract audio uses non-diegetic water, muffling, split cuts, distortions, stings, echoes, smash cuts, layering, and silence. Its music matches both the mood and messages with ominous scoring and regional songs. Its editing adds inserts, montages, misalignment, fades, and surrealism, but its pacing builds slowly and ends quickly. The production design emphasizes culture and classism, the cast features a marginalized group, and the effects animate African folklore. Ultimately, Nanny heightens a minimalist plot with style, substance, and suspense.
Writing: 8/10
Direction: 9/10
Cinematography: 10/10
Acting: 9/10
Editing: 7/10
Sound: 9/10
Score/Soundtrack: 8/10
Production Design: 7/10
Casting: 7/10
Effects: 7/10
Overall Score: 8.1/10
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