While Nyad is somewhat more fanciful than Vasarhelyi and Chin's documentary works and glosses over some aspects of the real-life Nyad's history, it stands as a testament to human determination, friendship, and the power of sheer stubbornness. Meanwhile, Jodie Foster's turn as Bonnie Stoll, Nyad's friend, coach, and ex-partner, provides a sense of stability against the force of nature that the increasingly, almost dangerously determined Nyad becomes. This biopic from directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin ( Free Solo) casts Annette Bening as an almost monomaniacally obsessed Nyad, determined to prove to everyone-or maybe just herself-that she can complete the marathon swim that had bested her all her life. The idea of trying to swim the route solo might raise a few concerns, let alone doing it with as few protective measures as possible-but that's exactly what long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad did, and at the age of 64, no less. There's about 110 miles of mean water between Cuba and Florida, filled with jellyfish, man o' wars, and sharks and prone to terrible weather.
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