![]() But there is enough here to help the film, directed by the intrepid filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, if not swim against the tide of sports-biopic convention then at least ride a swift current to the finish line.įirst and foremost there’s the fact that this is a sports drama led by two actresses in their 60s: Bening and Jodie Foster, who plays Diana’s best friend and personal trainer Bonnie Stoll. 3 on Netflix, is in many ways a conventional sports drama, defined by long odds and personal triumph. ![]() “Nyad,” which opens in limited theaters Friday and streams Nov. Both, in the film, are an endurance sport. Then there is the mettle of Nyad’s support team to tolerate the singularly self-absorbed and stubborn Nyad. ![]() First, there is the ceaseless determination of Diane Nyad (Annette Bening) to accomplish a marathon swim from Cuba to Florida across 103 miles of open, shark-infested waters. In “Nyad,” there are two feats of perseverance on display.
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