The Nan Movie

2022
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

1.8K

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Road Trip Adventure Comedy

A foul-mouthed and recalcitrant elderly woman reluctantly agrees to a road trip with her grandson to visit her estranged, dying sister.A foul-mouthed and recalcitrant elderly woman reluctantly agrees to a road trip with her grandson to visit her estranged, dying sister.A foul-mouthed and recalcitrant elderly woman reluctantly agrees to a road trip with her grandson to visit her estranged, dying sister.

Director
- Josie Rourke
Writers
- Catherine Tate
- Brett Goldstein
Stars

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IMDb RATING

4.8/10

1.8K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Josie Rourke
Writers
- Catherine Tate
- Brett Goldstein
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Trailer 2:29

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Disappointing

The film was slated for release pre-pandemic, and as a fan of the Nan character I had been very much looking forward to watching this. I was very disappointed. The various scenes did not flow, and the overall story was very weak.

Wait for it to come to a streaming platform before you maybe watch it.

6BenW1999

Less would've been better.

The film was actually good, but easily would've been better if:

A - The entire Sub-Plot of the police chase and Irish bomber was completely scrapped

B - Those animated deus ex machina scenes were all cut; these just sucked you right out of the film every time

Trim out those 15 minutes and it would've been a really good story about Nan's life. Instead, we get that but it's split up with a completely pointless sub-plot.

1lee-s1974

Pretty deadful

I didn't come into this with many expectations, but thought it might be a bit of a daft laugh. It pretty much wasn't. Having read the trivia re the re-cutting of the film it starts to make sense how someone of the stature of the great Katherine Parkinson allowed herself to be in such tosh. This is puerile rubbish. Honestly, don't waste your time.

5coombsstephen

A few laughs but a pretty poor translation to the big screen

I always thought the Katherine Tate show was pretty funny and hoped this might have a good funny script, sadly this came up very short.

There are a few laughs asking the way but most of it is cringe worthy and extremely cliche.

2liamnewell

Low Expectations - Better Outcome

I will start by saying that this movie is, probably, about 10 years too late. Had this been made early '10's, I can imagine a better response. The jokes are outdated and we've heard them all before. The 'present' scenes are predictable though I found the ending to be really good.

The 'past' scenes I thought were amazing, and my four stars are for them. The movie would have been better going down the route of Nan telling Jamie about the past without a road trip, then ending with the meeting. Catherine and Katherine did a good job in those scenes.

The worst part was, by far, the out of place and ridiculous animation that bought nothing to the movie.

So, would I recommend the film?

Sober - No.

After a few drinks - Sure.

Go in with low expectations and I think you'll enjoy the movie due to the flashbacks.

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Trivia
The first cut of the film was delivered to investors in 2019. It originally consisted predominantly of scenes set in 1940s London focusing on a young Joan Taylor. The investors were uncomfortable with the film's focus on World War 2, and insisted the flashback sequences be cut back significantly to accommodate much more of the present-day plot with the elderly Joan Taylor, whom fans of The Catherine Tate Show would recognize. New footage, greatly expanding the modern-day road trip sections, was filmed without director Josie Rourke at a low-cost, with animation sequences also used to fill any gaps. As a result of these additions, Rourke had her director's credit removed, and the released cut of the film simply does not have a director credit.

Goofs
When Walter is sent to France he is depicted at a station with LNER signage. This is incorrect if he is leaving London to go to France since the LNER ran north out of London. The most likely way to get to the south coast ports would be on the Southern Railway or, less likely, on the GWR to Weymouth or Plymouth.