page_title: Nelly (2016 film)
section_title: Critical reception
hierarchical_section_title: Nelly (2016 film) / Reception / Critical reception
caption_attribution_description: English: Martine Delvaux photographed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada inside the Quebec Writers Union building. Français&#160;: Ma photo de Martine Delvaux à Montréal, Québec, Canada au maison d'union des écrivains québécois.
context_page_description: Nelly is a 2016 Canadian biographical-drama film directed by Anne Émond and starring Mylène Mackay as Nelly Arcan, an award-winning Canadian author and former sex worker who committed suicide in 2009. The film is based on some of Arcan's own writings, including her book Putain.
  After debuting at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, the film received some positive reviews, including for Mackay's performance. It was nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards and won for Best Costume Design.
context_section_description: On 7 December 2016, the film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top 10 list. In The Globe and Mail, Julia Cooper called the film "electric," combining fiction and biography. Maxime Demers of Le Journal de Montréal praised Mackay for extraordinary acting.
  The Montreal Gazette's T'cha Dunlevy awarded the film four stars, praising Mackay for "a towering performance" and finding dimensions in the story. In La Presse, Chantal Guy gave the film three and half stars, saying Émond avoided a giving sad and dull take on Arcan's suicide, and credited Mackay for her energetic efforts. In Voir, Jean-Baptiste Hervé said Mackay's performance had great impact and the film transcended the typical biographical film. Martin Gignac, writing for Métro, found the film intelligent and emotionally distant. Conversely, Sophie Durocher wrote in Le Journal de Montréal that she was disappointed with the film's derivative style, whereas Arcan had a unique voice.
caption: Professor Martine Delvaux analyzed the film's perspectives on Arcan.
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