Films starring Annette Bening

Nyad review – a solid, female-fronted sports saga

By David Jenkins

Annette Bening plays the real-life marathon swimmer in this feelgood drama that documents her attempts to cross the Straits of Florida.

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Hope Gap

By Lillian Crawford

Annette Bening, Bill Night and Josh O’Connor star in this heartrending story of marital strife on the shoreline.

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The Report

By Hannah Strong

Scott Z Burns’ vital political drama investigates the CIA’s post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program.

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Life Itself

By Hannah Strong

Dan Fogelman’s starry New York soap opera is a staggering waste of talent and money.

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The Seagull

By Romy Somerset

A star-studded ensemble can’t save this latest adaptation of Chekhov’s famous play from mediocrity.

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Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

By Phil Concannon

Annette Bening and Jamie Bell prove a likeable pairing in this otherwise bland Gloria Grahame biopic.

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20th Century Women

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Annette Bening anchors this delightful, deeply personal comedy-drama from writer/director Mike Mills

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Danny Collins

By Matt Thrift

A sappy Al Pacino vehicle reviewed via the medium of Heat's iconic coffee shop tête-à-tête.

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Ginger & Rosa

By David Jenkins

Sally Potter returns with a jumbled but heartfelt examination of teenage death anxiety in ’60s London.

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The Kids Are All Right

By Adam Woodward

Annette Bening and Julianne Moore shine in this searingly funny tale of middle-age anxiety.

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