Nerve

Critics Consensus

Nerve's fast pace and charming leads help overcome a number of fundamental flaws, adding up to a teen-friendly thriller with enough energy to occasionally offset its muddled execution.

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Movie Info

Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico, has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (for thematic material involving dangerous and risky behavior, some sexual content, language, drug content, drinking and nudity - all involving teens)
  • Genre:
    Mystery & Suspense
  • Directed By:
    Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost
  • Written By:
    Jessica Sharzer
  • In Theaters:
     wide
  • On Disc/Streaming:
  • Box Office:
    $38,562,379
  • Runtime:
  • Studio:
    Keep Your Head

Cast

Emma Roberts
as Vee
Dave Franco
as Ian
Emily Meade
as Sydney
Miles Heizer
as Tommy
Juliette Lewis
as Nancy
Kimiko Glenn
as Liv
Marc John Jefferies
as Wes
Machine Gun Kelly
as Ty
Brian 'Sene' Marc
as J.P.
Ed Squires
as Chuck
Samira Wiley
as Hacker Kween
Kim Ramirez
as Senior Sales Woman
Josh Ostrovsky
as Dirt Beard
Eric D'Alessandro
as Hype Boi
Rightor Doyle
as Bergdorf Salesman
Arielle Vandenberg
as Bergdorf Sales Lady
Jonny Beauchamp
as Gatekeeper
Albert Sidoine
as Clarence
Christopher Breslin
as Bergdorf Security Guard
Wesley Volcy
as Taxi Cab Driver
Damond McFarland
as Derrick
Deema Aitken
as Robbie
Michael Drayer
as Officer McMillan
Earl W. Mayers
as Security Guard
Diana Kolsky
as Girlfriend
Matthew Meyer
as Boyfriend
Michael Birnbaum
as Town Crier
Ryan Forsythe
as Watcher at Dorilton
Noam Tomaschoff
as Cop
Phyllis Barasch
as Bergdorf Lady
Chloe Wise
as Player/Watcher
Casey Neistat
as Player/Watcher
Sarah Shtern
as Player/Watcher
Miya Strauss
as Player/Watcher
Aris Schwabe
as Player/Watcher
Chet Dillon
as Player/Watcher
Jerami Goodwin
as Player/Watcher
Julia Barasch
as Player/Watcher
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Critic Reviews for Nerve

All Critics (135) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (90) | Rotten (45)

  • Boasts charming leads and unexpectedly have more thought to say.

    August 30, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

    Rendy Jones

    Rendy Reviews
    Top Critic

  • Nerve loses its way towards the end, but it's slickly done, inventive, and will press all the right keys for its teen and twentysomething target audience.

    August 23, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Alison Rowat

    The Herald (Scotland)
    Top Critic

  • Even though it isn't the most well-written movie of the year or anything, the movie's primary demographic of teenagers might actually take away something useful regarding how their Internet behavior affects people in the real world

    December 5, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Robert Kojder

    Flickering Myth
    Top Critic

  • Had Nerve stuck to the intrigue around online games, it could have been an efficiently entertaining piece of cinema.

    November 20, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

    Kristen Lopez

    Spectrum Culture
    Top Critic

  • Emma Roberts (usually seen as the mean girl) makes for a relatable, reclusive teen. Dave Franco is all smiles and charm; you want to go on this dangerous ride with him.

    November 6, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

    Nihit Bhave

    The Times of India
    Top Critic

  • Nerveplays more as a survival-of-the-fittest lesson - a Darwinism-fueled cautionary tale for the GoPro generation.

    November 5, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Courtney Howard

    Fresh Fiction
    Top Critic
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Audience Reviews for Nerve

  • Nov 28, 2017
    Mediocre. Gaps in logic are plentiful, but the action is fun enough to make a worthy distraction.
    Spencer M Super Reviewer
  • Nov 25, 2017
    Fun Black-Mirrorish concept, well executed until an extremely dumb and unlikely ending.
    Ed K Super Reviewer
  • Sep 16, 2017
    Eschewing the typical teen movie tropes for a much smarter and surreal concept, Nerve is strikingly fun and fast-paced and presents an idea that seems alarmingly close to home. Besides some middle of the road performances, Nerve is highly stylized and sometimes even thrilling putting emphasis on visual electricity and the strength of the clever scenario. It's no classic and it moralizes a bit too bluntly at the climax, but for the audience this movie is aiming its eye at, they will eat this up. Rating: 68
    Bradley J Super Reviewer
  • Aug 25, 2017
    What starts out as a pretty accurate portrayal of teenager's online habits these days (and a very well presented one at that) soon takes it a step further, like in a somewhat friendly Black Mirror episode. Things are pretty interesting, sometimes even exciting, but the film sometimes shies away from being too toxic or mean. The message it is sending is still worth noting, even though the solution is maybe a tad too naive. Emma Roberts carries the film with her very natural and likable portrayal of a regular teenager. A worthy effort, well done.
    Jens S Super Reviewer
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