‘Nyad’ review: Swimming 110 miles in open water, never mind the sharks
Long-distance swimming in open water presents challenges beyond the physical grind. Think sharks. And venomous jellyfish. Those are just two of the potentially fatal problems Diana Nyad must contend with swimming from Cuba to Florida — nonstop and unaided — with only a support boat by her side to monitor her progress and squirt water and other nourishment down her throat every so often. Adapted from her memoir, the Netflix movie “Nyad,” starring Annette Bening, charts her arduous journey.
Your first question might be: Why? The movie struggles to find an answer beyond “because it’s there” and because of some emotional wounds from childhood that she’s looking to mend. But why this goal
