Looking at the sum of its parts, it’s reasonable to assume that Netflix was hoping Nyad would be one of its major hopes for potential awards season recognition when the annual circuit of back-slapping galas kicks off in earnest early next year.
Recommended Videos After all, it marks the narrative directorial debut of Academy Award-winning Free Solo directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, stars four-time Oscar nominee and two-time Golden Globe winner Annette Bening in the title role, with support coming from two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster, all wrapped up in an inspiring and uplifting true story that saw 60 year-old Diana Nyad complete the first-ever unassisted swim from Cuba to Florida. Read More...
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But what’s most interesting about “The Great” is that which makes it a fundamentally different beast than McNamara’s earlier effort: Despite all that acidity, this is at heart an idealistic, optimistic story—even if that optimism puts its characters at terrible risk. It’s about the death of naivete and the birth of something just as pure but far more potent. In its ten-episode first season, “The Great” charts the transformation of Catherine, Empress of Russia (Elle Fanning) from guileless romantic to political animal; it is not an easy path, which was true for the real Catherine as well. Read More...
