Nerve
Lionsgate | Release Date: July 27, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
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18
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15
Negative:
0
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60
The TelegraphTim RobeyAug 11, 2016
Nerve zips along, looks really smashing and has the mental wiring of a hyperactive squirrel. You may well risk it anyway. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJul 27, 2016
The city and the plot points wheel right by, the leads fetchingly entranced with each other. If one patch of dares disappoints, there's another coming right up, and the directors stage and shoot them with swooning neon kinecticism. Read full review
60
Time OutAnna SmithJul 26, 2016
With its engaging story, energetic soundtrack and slick production values, Nerve is an easy watch for restless young minds. Read full review
60
The GuardianJordan HoffmanJul 26, 2016
It’s rare when you can pinpoint the exact moment a movie goes off the rails, but when Nerve downshifts from far-fetched parable into idiotic action, the film at least has the decency to speed itself along to get to the ending. Read full review
55
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJul 26, 2016
While the film’s vertiginous set pieces are appropriately heart-clenching, it’s not nearly as successful at little details like plot and character. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter TraversJul 28, 2016
There's a killer idea circling this tricked-up teen thriller, which is more than you can say for most summer movies. But the idea never lands because Nerve lacks the, well, nerve to follow through on its convictions. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy BurrJul 28, 2016
There’s a line between enjoyably stupid and stupid-stupid, and Nerve sails over it right around the halfway mark. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldJul 27, 2016
Unfortunately, the filmmakers — busily splashing the film in crayon-colored light, vaguely sinister pop music and jittery camerawork — forgot to give Vee and Handsome Stranger (his name’s Ian) much personality. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChristopher GrayJul 26, 2016
By merely transposing its generic high school clique drama onto an augmented reality platform, Nerve sacrifices most of its novelty, but the filmmakers demonstrate a marginal interest in how this mediated environment warps the perspectives of its characters. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJul 26, 2016
For all its hints at imminent catastrophe, Nerve feels surprisingly tame. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJul 26, 2016
Emma Roberts and Dave Franco are just fine, but there’s no huge onscreen spark between them. Most of the supporting roles are thinly drawn and forgettable. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJul 26, 2016
You certainly won't be bored. And if you go into Nerve looking for a thrill ride, you won't be disappointed. If you're hoping for more, that's a different story. Read full review
50
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonJul 26, 2016
Nerve is refreshing and frustrating in equal measures, mining a genuinely inventive concept for some memorable, Mean Girls-esque pathos about the ways in which the Internet is changing and magnifying social structures for young people today. Read full review
50
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganJul 26, 2016
For all that it bounces off a lot of contentious issues about children and the internet, where Carrie-style bullying has moved into the unsupervised zone of cyberspace, Nerve frustratingly stops short before eventually falling in on itself in the third act. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweJul 26, 2016
Fortunately Schulman and Joost keep the film visually engaging.... All that busyness onscreen distracts somewhat from the impression that Roberts and Franco don't look much like teenagers, although they form a fairly good team as long as they’re pursuing specific challenges rather than sharing their nascent emotions for one another or attempting to unravel the intricacies of the game. Read full review
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