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Nerve

  • 20162016
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 36m
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6.5/10
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Marc John Jefferies, Emma Roberts, and Dave Franco in Nerve (2016)
A high school senior 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."
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A high school senior 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."A high school senior 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."A high school senior 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."
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
133K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,751
260
    • Henry Joost
    • Ariel Schulman
    • Jessica Sharzer(screenplay by)
    • Jeanne Ryan(based on the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Emma Roberts
    • Dave Franco
    • Emily Meade
    • Henry Joost
    • Ariel Schulman
    • Jessica Sharzer(screenplay by)
    • Jeanne Ryan(based on the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Emma Roberts
    • Dave Franco
    • Emily Meade
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    • 319User reviews
    • 252Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
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    Miles Heizer
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    Emma Roberts
    Emma Roberts
    • Vee
    Dave Franco
    Dave Franco
    • Ian
    Emily Meade
    Emily Meade
    • Sydney
    Miles Heizer
    Miles Heizer
    • Tommy
    Juliette Lewis
    Juliette Lewis
    • Nancy
    Kimiko Glenn
    Kimiko Glenn
    • Liv
    Marc John Jefferies
    Marc John Jefferies
    • Wes
    Colson Baker
    Colson Baker
    • Ty
    Brian Marc
    Brian Marc
    • J.P.
    Ed Squires
    • Chuck
    Rightor Doyle
    Rightor Doyle
    • Bergdorf Salesman
    Josh Ostrovsky
    Josh Ostrovsky
    • Dirt Beard
    Eric D'Alessandro
    Eric D'Alessandro
    • Hype Boi
    Arielle Vandenberg
    Arielle Vandenberg
    • Bergdorf Sales Lady
    Jonny Beauchamp
    Jonny Beauchamp
    • Gatekeeper
    Samira Wiley
    Samira Wiley
    • Hacker Kween
    Albert Sidoine
    • Clarence
    Chris Breslin
    • Bergdorf Security Guard
      • Henry Joost
      • Ariel Schulman
      • Jessica Sharzer(screenplay by)
      • Jeanne Ryan(based on the novel by)
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    • Trivia
      According to the directors, there was a very sexual dare that was not filmed because it was "dark and weird," so they could keep the film accessible to younger audiences.
    • Goofs
      When the leads are driving along the bridge in one shot, approximately ten usernames appear above them, denoting there are watchers in the vicinity. Two of these usernames are clearly identical.
    • Quotes

      Nancy: [in nurses uniform, upset at what she sees on her cellphone] Somebody is putting money in my account!

      Black patient in wheelchair: White people problems.

    • Crazy credits
      In the closing credits, at 01:28:39 It says "Based on the novel by Jeanne Ryan". They then show the first several paragraphs of Dickens' "Great Expectations".
    • Connections
      Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Emma Roberts/Scott Speedman/gnash/Thomas Lang (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Can't Get Enough
      Written by Patrick Liney, Sebastian Muecke, and George Maple (as Jessica Higgs)

      Performed by Basenji

      Courtesy of Future Classic Pty. Ltd.

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    8/10
    At last, a summer film with some originality
    With great internet power comes great irresponsibility. This is the premise behind "Nerve", a film whose producers must have wet themselves with excitement that the Pokemon Go craze aligned so nicely with the release of their film. I was delighted that at last this summer there is a film with a modicum of originality I can enthuse about.

    'Vee', short for Venus (Emma Roberts, niece of Julia Roberts) is an NYC teen living in the shadow of a family tragedy and the claustrophobic presence of her over-protective mother (Juliette Lewis, "Cape Fear"). Always timidly in the shadow of her best friend – the extrovert Sydney (Emily Meade) – Vee pooh-poohs Sydney's compulsion with the new viral internet game 'Nerve': a social media 'Truth or Dare' ("but without the truth") challenge game where you can either be a "Player" or a "Watcher". In real time, Watchers set Players with challenges they have to complete for ever-escalating financial rewards… but "Bail" or "Fail" and you lose all. And "snitches get stitches".

    With their friendship at breaking point, Vee is provoked into playing the game by Sydney and teams with fellow gamer Ian (Dave Franco, younger brother of James Franco) – someone with a history that could bring Vee into great danger. However, Vee's geeky wannabe boyfriend Tommy (Miles Heizer) is on the case….

    What is so impressive about this film is that the screenplay by Jessica Sharzer (based on a novel by Jeanne Ryan) is genuinely original and is delivered with style and good humor. Sure, you can draw parallels for any film with many other sources: in here there are traces of Hunger Games/Allegiance; the "Simon Says" portion of Die Hard 3; perhaps a soupçon of "Gladiator" and Schwartznegger's "Running Man" in the mix. But this is a novel approach to a teen flick, bang on the topical money in bringing in the frenetically viral nature of social media and aspects of the 'dark web', cyber security and open source programming.

    The film manages to generate significant credibility about the impact that a game like this would have among a teen audience. And there is a telling message in the finale: that it is easy to be a troll without responsibility hiding behind an internet ident, but when the masks come off and the message back becomes personal then your responsibilities as an individual human can come home to roost.

    The film is delivered with style and verve as well, with innovative graphics (a great title and end title design) and an 'augmented reality' overlay of the action showing Players and Watchers across the city. Many of the challenges are executed really well, with a few seat-clenchingly tense moments, particularly if you have a poor head for heights.

    But with all this potential it unfortunately fails to be a 10* classic, smelling at times of 'B' movie. Which is a great shame. Emma Roberts is fine at what she does, but at times I longed for the dramatic depth of a Shailene Woodley or Chloe Grace Moretz, with the scenes with the under-used but excellent Juliette Lewis rather highlighting this differential.

    The otherwise excellent script is – for me – let down by a scene of male-on-female violence which I found both distasteful and unnecessary. And a coding 'geeks shall inherit the earth' moment towards the end is a little too glib for my liking.

    But overall the directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman ("Paranormal Activity 3" and "4") have done a fine job with a $20M budget.

    Regular readers of my blog (bob-the-movie-man.com) may recall my use of the "BvS quotient" – the number of films that could be made from the budget of "Batman vs Superman": this one has a BvS quotient of 8% meaning you could make over 12 of these instead of the superhero dud. Yes please! Although if they had doubled the budget and rounded off some of the sharp corners, this could have been a true classic. It's still recommended for a memorable movie experience though, and probably makes it into my draft movies of the year list so far.

    (For the graphical version of this review and to comment, please visit bob-the-movie-man.com. Thanks).
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      • July 27, 2016 (United States)
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