“Nyad,” which opens in limited theaters Friday and streams Nov. 3 on Netflix, is in many ways a conventional sports drama, defined by long odds and personal triumph.
But there is enough here to help the film, directed byif not swim against the tide of sports-biopic convention then at least ride a swift current to the finish line.
It’s the rare role that could be said to be both shark and Oscar bait. Yet Bening’s performance has little vanity to it. Her Diana is obsessively single-minded to the point of unlikeable. When Diana hits the ocean, Bening turns into a ferociously forward-moving force who won’t let anything — not thunder storms, nor jelly fish stings — stop her in her quest. Just keep swimming? She’d leave Dory in the dust.
But “Nyad” does accept Nyad’s ultimate accomplishment, even if some have disputed it. Her 2013 swim to the Florida Keys was never ratified by the World Open Water Swimming Assn., and fellow marathon swimmers have cast doubts on it. Nyad has forcefully maintained she completed the swim, without assistance. At times, “Nyad” bends over backwards to depict Nyad as conscientious of the rules.
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