The film stars an ensemble cast led by Jon Hamm, Catherine Keener, John Ortiz, Nick Offerman, James LeGros, Bruce Dern, and Ellen Burstyn.

At a diner, middle-aged Daniel Kalman, an insurance agent, remarks on the beauty of sentimental jewelry worn by a waitress.

His visit is for the purpose of evaluating Ashemore's possessions to satisfy granddaughter Bethany, and he's able to determine that a few pieces are worth enough value for an appraiser to look at.

Pregnant, she is overwhelmed with being the sole decision-maker due to living the closest, but she does care deeply about her grandfather and does not wish to think of him dying.

Discussion to place her in assisted living is met with indignity, as is the thought of selling her things for cash before the insurance kicks in.

The website's consensus reads: "Nostalgia combines talented actors and honorable intentions, but poky pacing and a lack of depth make it unlikely the end result will ever inspire the titular emotion.

[11] Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times wrote, "Nostalgia is the kind of heartfelt wallow that you feel like a heel for attacking.

A soggy string of Hallmark moments designed to interrogate the value of the objects we cherish, the movie is front-loaded with major stars and squelching with sentiment."

"[12] Sheri Linden of the Los Angeles Times called the film "a day-old news flash of a drama, delivered in weepy headlines posing as dialogue", and noted that "the actors can't turn the strained stabs at poetry into the affecting meditation that was clearly intended.

"[13] Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post described the film as "a slow, talky and only faintly moving meditation on mortality and memory", and concluded his review by writing, "Moviegoers hoping for something — anything — to take away from Nostalgia (other than a vague feeling of dysphoria, tinged with ennui) will not be similarly compensated.