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Nerve

2016

Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Juliette Lewis, Emily Meade ...

5.4

9,705

Thriller Vee is a high school senior who finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of "watchers."

	Author	Review
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	While the film's vertiginous set pieces are appropriately heart-clenching, it's not nearly as successful at little details like plot and character"	NEU
United States	Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter	"With its attractive young cast and a multiplatform media campaign, Nerve won't need to rely on going viral to find its audience, but it's unlikely to be trending for long once viewers digest its simplistically cautionary message"	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"‘Pokémon Go’ meets David Fincher’s ‘The Game’ In this fun summer surprise (...) a film that knows what people really want to see when they think that nobody is watching them"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A comic-book vision of how the Internet has become a gladiatorial arena of voyeurism. But the movie, like the game it’s about, is hard to stop watching, even when you know it’s playing you"	POS
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"Until it falls apart in the heavy-handed third act, this is a smart and visually sizzling movie (....) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United States	Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"'Mr. Robot' meets 'Battle Royale'... a neon-saturated teenage dream, high on first kisses and digital hearts"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"The best Internet thriller yet (...) Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman keep things moving, even as they milk scenes for maximum tension"	POS
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"It’s as if a paperback young-adult romance had been crossed with “Escape From New York.” Actually, some of us would like to see that movie rather than this one (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"For all its hints at imminent catastrophe, 'Nerve' feels surprisingly tame."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It gets off on the highwire fun of living on a digital dare and then pisses away its provocations by lecturing us with a metaphorical take on social media as an STD. What a buzz kill. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU

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