This idiosyncratic take on the genre is as much concerned with ordinary family dynamics as the absurdity of its characters' demonic existence.
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10/20/09
Nadja (1994)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:13
Rotten:10
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: This black-and-white fantasy follows the escapades of Dracula's daughter Nadja, who's living a bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village. Dr. Van Helsing, the famous vampire hunter, has just... [More]
Starring: Elina Löwensohn, Peter Fonda, Jared Harris, Suzy Amis
Director: Michael Almereyda
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Reviews for Nadja
Not without interest, but less satisfying than even an average Hammer horror.
10/20/09
It may not make much sense, but it never looks less than fabulous.
10/20/09
This offbeat horror item works much better as a dreamy mood piece with striking poetic images and as a semicomic appreciation of a few quintessential low-budget actors than as straight-ahead storytelling.
10/20/09
Top CriticA lovely idea for a film that's been beautifully executed but slips too far off its narrative tracks to get where it wants to go.
03/26/09
Top CriticUnfolding as a languid dream puzzle in Downtown Manhattan nether world, Michael Almereyda's blend of serious and frivolous ideas and mysterious and haunting images recalls David Lynch, who served as film's exec producer and also makes cameo appearance
09/16/06
Highly stylised b/w camerawork and Pixelvision, moody poeticism, and farcical genre parody merge to tantalising if not altogether coherent effect.
01/26/06
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04/09/05
Too bizarre to be taken seriously and not funny enough to be entertaining.
04/21/04
A lyrical parody of the vampire genre.
01/27/04
No review available.
09/01/03
It is refreshing to see so much style and life in the old undead tale, and to watch this strong cast with its perfect deadpan attitudes.
05/20/03
Top CriticClever and innovative take on vampire mythology in a contemporary tale set in New York City.
08/28/02
No review available.
07/27/02
[Almereyda's] imagination seems more focused on composing striking shot compositions than in communicating pure and simple human emotions.
06/05/02
The film stumbles with hackneyed plotting, uneven performances and a deadly-dull centerpiece that goes on forever.
01/01/00
The most compelling point here has to do with Lowensohn: She's sulky and sad, but her precision is also remarkably vibrant against her shades-of-grey backdrop.
01/01/00
Even as Nadja descends deeper into its downward, surrealistic spiral, the movie's always great to watch.
01/01/00
Top CriticMichael Almereyda's insanely brilliant fantasia on the Dracula legend.
01/01/00
Top CriticHip. Cool. New Wave. Chic. These are only some of the adjectives applicable to Michael Almereyda's new take on the vampire legend. Of course, one other term springs to mind, but it isn't nearly as complimentary. Pretentious.
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