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Play trailer Poster for Nola PG-13 Released May 8, 2003 1h 37m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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A young woman (Emmy Rossum) says goodbye to her abusive home life and heads to New York to find her biological father.

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Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News So laughably preposterous that it's thoroughly entertaining. Rated: 2/4 Jul 23, 2004 Full Review Megan Lehmann New York Post A dubious script that detonates into a full-blown disaster midway through. Rated: 1/4 Jul 23, 2004 Full Review Jan Stuart Newsday Has everything you want from a good bad movie: overheated drama, overripe performances, arch characters and fruity dialogue. Rated: 1.5/4 Jul 23, 2004 Full Review Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International There's not a frame of truth in it. Aug 8, 2004 Full Review Maitland McDonagh TV Guide Hruska's bloodless little fairy tale is utterly innocuous and instantly forgettable. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 23, 2004 Full Review Frank Wilkins ReelTalk Movie Reviews Despite Emmy Rossum's vivaciousness and raw ability, not much good comes from watching 'Nola.' Sep 2, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member If you want a lot of close ups of a big-eyed girl who can't act her way out of a paper bag, Nola is the movie for you. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/02/18 Full Review Audience Member Emmy Rossum is her usual, adorable self. But otherwise, the rest of this low budgeter is a roller coaster mix of sweet, then ridiculous, nice, then atrocious. Back-and-forth, with some terrible acting. But Rossum salvages this one slightly. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member If I didn't know any better, I'd say this was some kind of film that would have been shown on HBO in the 80's, except with a PG rating. It even has the look of a film whose original widescreen aspect ratio has been compressed into an Academy ratio. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Horrible dialogue, horribly drawn caricatures, poor acting. Unfinishably bad, sedated TV movie at best. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is half corny and half wonderful. I never would have given it a chance if it weren't for Rossum. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member One full star for the awful goat singing done by Emmy Rossum, and another half off for a quick and haste beginning. As a singer the goating just really pissed me off along with operatic pronunciation and placements. Story is good acting is good plot is ok. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman (Emmy Rossum) says goodbye to her abusive home life and heads to New York to find her biological father.
Director
Alan Hruska
Producer
Jill Footlick, Rachel Peters
Screenwriter
Alan Hruska
Distributor
Fireworks International [ca]
Production Co
Archer Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Some Drug References|Brief Violence|Sexual Content|Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 8, 2003, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.1K
Runtime
1h 37m
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