Nerve

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Nerve

PG-13

Released Jul 27, 2016

1h 36m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Adventure

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Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico (Emma Roberts) is tired of living life on the sidelines. Pressured by her friends, Vee decides to join Nerve, a popular online game that challenges players to accept a series of dares. It's not long before the adrenaline-fueled competition requires her to perform increasingly dangerous stunts. When Nerve begins to take a sinister turn, Vee finds herself in a high-stakes finale that will ultimately determine her entire future.

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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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Kristen Lopez

Spectrum Culture

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

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 20, 2017

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

The denouement is ridiculous, the conclusion sketchy and the script's attempts to be hip are, in the end, slightly pathetic.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 9, 2016

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

The secret weapon of the film is cinematographer Michael Simmonds, who has a whole bag of tricks up his sleeve.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 31, 2016

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Zach Pope

Zach Pope Reviews

Some will love this, some will nitpick it, its entertaining for what it is but forgettable

Aug 7, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

By the time the story reaches its climax practically all logic is out the window.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 24, 2022

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Joe Lipsett

Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast

A neon-drenched thrill ride with a pair of really engaging lead performances by Roberts and Franco. It's a shame it falls apart in the ridiculous third act because the rest of the film is legitimately really fun

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 9, 2022

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Emerson W

Decent flick but I just just want to point out how pathetic Tommy and the friendzone is. Truly pathetic.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/04/25

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Jacob N

Good plot makes me want to play this game in real life. I enjoyed the little love story developing through the movie. Ending was a little wild but overall, a very enjoyable movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/26/25

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Chris E

Yes a little far-fetched at the end, but what a fantastic plot.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/21/25

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Iamwhoi M

I am not a fan of Emma Roberts in anything. This movie started out interesting, and kept it that way for most of the movie. The end, however, was pretty silly. There ate plenty of holes in the plot line. PLENTY. It could've been a much better movie; but instead it had a movie of the week ending Good try; could've, should've been better.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/25

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Corinna S

Surprisingly good. Interesting story. Trigger warnings: - dumb teenagers (inevitable) - dumb adults (inevitable) - unrealistic hacking (inevitable) - bad table tennis playing (just don't look if there is table tennis) - heights (ladder and skyscraper scenes) - bad sisterhood (relevant for the story... inevitable)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Audience Member

This is one of great thrill movie I've ever watch 🤩 my fave actor and actress Emma and dave Ly!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/11/24

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Synopsis

Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico (Emma Roberts) is tired of living life on the sidelines. Pressured by her friends, Vee decides to join Nerve, a popular online game that challenges players to accept a series of dares. It's not long before the adrenaline-fueled competition requires her to perform increasingly dangerous stunts. When Nerve begins to take a sinister turn, Vee finds herself in a high-stakes finale that will ultimately determine her entire future.

Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Producer: Allison Shearmur, Anthony Katagas
Screenwriter: Jessica Sharzer
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Lionsgate, Keep Your Head, TIK Films, Allison Shearmur
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Material|Drinking|Dangerous and Risky Behavior|Some Sexual Content|Drug Content|Language|Nudity)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 27, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 11, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $38.6M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: DTS

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