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A wholly misguided tribute to its subject's searing talent and enduring impact, Nina is the cinematic equivalent of a covers project featuring all the wrong artists.
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Never seems authentic or real, just a bizarrely staged re-creation. May 5, 2016 | Full Review…
Never seems authentic or real, just a bizarrely staged re-creation.
Katie Walsh
Respectfully factual in its over-all contours but sensational and sentimental nonetheless, the movie reduces Simone's life to clichés about hope; it replaces the creative drive with the commercial one, the artist with the celebrity. April 25, 2016 | Full Review…
Respectfully factual in its over-all contours but sensational and sentimental nonetheless, the movie reduces Simone's life to clichés about hope; it replaces the creative drive with the commercial one, the artist with the celebrity.
Richard Brody
Saldana does a fine job of delivering the lyrics -- a daunting task for any actress required to step into those vocals, but fans of Simone will be aching for the real deal. April 22, 2016 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Saldana does a fine job of delivering the lyrics -- a daunting task for any actress required to step into those vocals, but fans of Simone will be aching for the real deal.
Miriam Di Nunzio
A Nina Simone novice seeing this picture would have no idea who this complex, magnificent artist was, or why she mattered. April 22, 2016 | Full Review…
A Nina Simone novice seeing this picture would have no idea who this complex, magnificent artist was, or why she mattered.
Stephanie Zacharek
Why Mort, who wrote and directed the film, has chosen to focus on Simone's troubled 1990s period in France is anyone's guess. April 22, 2016 | Full Review…
Why Mort, who wrote and directed the film, has chosen to focus on Simone's troubled 1990s period in France is anyone's guess.
Jake Coyle
The word on this Nina Simone biopic has been so toxic for so long - it was filmed in 2012 but only released now - I was really hoping to find something good in it. No luck. April 22, 2016 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
The word on this Nina Simone biopic has been so toxic for so long - it was filmed in 2012 but only released now - I was really hoping to find something good in it. No luck.
Peter Travers
Nina feels like a movie made by people who fundamentally misunderstood Nina Simone. It conclusively proves that representation behind the camera is as important as representation on screen. October 14, 2017 | Full Review…
Nina feels like a movie made by people who fundamentally misunderstood Nina Simone. It conclusively proves that representation behind the camera is as important as representation on screen.
Sarah Marrs
The prevalence of his crude symbolism begs the question of whether the imagery is meant to buttress a childlike worldview, or whether the filmmaking itself underestimates the viewer's intelligence. September 25, 2017 | Full Review…
The prevalence of his crude symbolism begs the question of whether the imagery is meant to buttress a childlike worldview, or whether the filmmaking itself underestimates the viewer's intelligence.
Lydia Ogwang
This film had a great opportunity to take a once-in-a-lifetime story about a troubled, legendary singer, and add insight. Nina, in the most frustrating way, bungles that mission. November 7, 2016 | Full Review…
This film had a great opportunity to take a once-in-a-lifetime story about a troubled, legendary singer, and add insight. Nina, in the most frustrating way, bungles that mission.
Dwight Brown
If this is a greatest hits album, Nina picks the least-accessible songs and then puts them all in the wrong order. May 20, 2016 | Full Review…
If this is a greatest hits album, Nina picks the least-accessible songs and then puts them all in the wrong order.
Noah Gittell
An insult to the legacy of the High Priestess of Soul, those looking for a richer exploration of the woman, artist, activist and legend, are best served elsewhere. May 18, 2016 | Rating: D | Full Review…
An insult to the legacy of the High Priestess of Soul, those looking for a richer exploration of the woman, artist, activist and legend, are best served elsewhere.
Kimber Myers
While Saldana gives her very best in trying to embody the essence of Miss Simone with equal support from co-star David Oyelowo, both are confined to a weak script and for Saldana, probably the worst makeup job she's had on the big screen. April 29, 2016 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
While Saldana gives her very best in trying to embody the essence of Miss Simone with equal support from co-star David Oyelowo, both are confined to a weak script and for Saldana, probably the worst makeup job she's had on the big screen.
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