Highly stylised b/w camerawork and Pixelvision, moody poeticism, and farcical genre parody merge to tantalising if not altogether coherent effect.
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01/26/06
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
The film stumbles with hackneyed plotting, uneven performances and a deadly-dull centerpiece that goes on forever.
01/01/00
A lyrical parody of the vampire genre.
01/27/04
Too bizarre to be taken seriously and not funny enough to be entertaining.
04/21/04
Hip. 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.
01/01/00
Top CriticNot without interest, but less satisfying than even an average Hammer horror.
10/20/09
While it is nice to see an occasional horror film making the art house circuit, this story of the undead just needs more life in the long middle section of the film.
01/01/00
What could have been a brilliant short becomes deadly, stretched to feature length.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's the kind of movie that deals with unspeakable subjects while keeping a certain ironic distance, and using dialogue that seems funny, although the characters never seem in on the joke.
01/01/00
Top Critic[Almereyda's] imagination seems more focused on composing striking shot compositions than in communicating pure and simple human emotions.
06/05/02
A 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
It may not make much sense, but it never looks less than fabulous.
10/20/09
This idiosyncratic take on the genre is as much concerned with ordinary family dynamics as the absurdity of its characters' demonic existence.
10/20/09
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
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 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
Clever and innovative take on vampire mythology in a contemporary tale set in New York City.
08/28/02
Michael Almereyda's insanely brilliant fantasia on the Dracula legend.
01/01/00
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