Nesting (film)

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Nesting
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Directed byJohn Chuldenko
Written byJohn Chuldenko
Produced by
  • Laura Boersma
  • John Chuldenko
Starring Todd Grinnell
Ali Hillis
CinematographyFrederick Schroeder
Edited bySam Restivo
Music by Julian Wass
Production
company
Dangertrain Films
Distributed byPMK*BNC Films
Release dates
  • March 2012 (2012-03)(Cleveland Film Festival)
  • May 11, 2012 (2012-05-11)(limited)
Running time
92 minutes [1]
93 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Nesting is a 2012 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John Chuldenko and starring Todd Grinnell and Ali Hillis. The film premiered at the 2012 Cleveland Film Festival. [3] [4]

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Cast

Release

The film had a limited release on May 11, 2012. [1]

Reception

The film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on nine reviews. [5]

Kalvin Henely of Slant Magazine awarded the film one star out of four and wrote, "The way Nesting goes out of its way to tell us where it’s set is symptomatic of the film in general." [2]

Dennis Harvey of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The script unfortunately suffers from its own case of arrested development, barely getting out of the gate before stalling, and never building enough laughs or narrative impetus to justify feature length." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Harvey, Dennis (May 7, 2012). "Nesting". Variety. Retrieved April 26, 2022. Inconsequential results, opening in a few U.S. markets May 11, will play better as a pleasant but instantly forgettable time-filler on the smallscreen.
  2. 1 2 Henely, Kalvin (May 8, 2012). "Review: Nesting". Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  3. O'Connor, Clint (February 2, 2012). "Nesting to open 36th Cleveland International Film Festival; Chagrin Falls-native John Chuldenko brings comedy to town". Cleveland.com. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  4. O'Connor, Clint (March 19, 2012). "36th Cleveland International Film Festival prepares to launch: Focus will be on filmmakers". Cleveland.com. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  5. "Nesting". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 26, 2022.