Nyad
Directed by Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai VasarhelyiThe remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.
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- Kevin WardJuly 2, 2025Inspiring true story of perseverance. Annette Bening and Jodie Foster are both just incredible. Their dynamic as friends and partners is tangible and beautiful. Diana Nyad sets out to be the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida, 30 years after retiring from swimming (and 30 years after failing in her first attempt to do just that). I was really impressed by the direction. Each of Diana’s attempts is really well constructed, laying out the obstacles and challenges that the team will face with each attempt. It seamlessly mixes in archive footage of broadcast news for wonderful effect. I also loved the creative choice to have Bening sing over the songs on the soundtrack, as Diana would use songs to keep time and rhythm while swimming. Can’t really say enough good things about this. It’s a moving and crowd pleasing sports drama. Coming soon to Netflix, but if it happens to be playing anywhere near you, I highly recommend. Maybe I’m getting soft but it’s another film that had me tearing up multiple times throughout.
Nyad Trivia
Nyad was released on October 19, 2023.
Nyad was directed by Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.
Nyad has a runtime of 2h.
Nyad was produced by Teddy Schwarzman, Andrew Lazar.
The remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.
The key characters in Nyad are Diana Nyad (Annette Bening), Bonnie Stoll (Jodie Foster), John Bartlett (Rhys Ifans).
Nyad is rated PG-13.
Nyad is a Biography, Drama, History film.
Nyad has an audience rating of 8.6 out of 10.
Nyad has made $16,056 at the box office.