"Are you a watcher or a player?"
Directed by Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Produced by Allison Shearmur
Screenplay by Jessica Sharzer
Based on "Nerve" by Jeanne Ryan
Starring: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Juliette Lewis
Music by Rob Simonsen
Cinematography: Michael Simmonds
Edited by Madeleine Gavin, Jeff McEvoy
Production companies: Allison Shearmur Productions, Keep Your Head Productions, Supermarche
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date: 27 July 2016 (United States)
Running time: 96 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $20 million
"Nerve" is a thriller adventure film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and written by Jessica Sharzer, based on the novel of the same name. The story is about Vee, a shy high school senior, who decides to take part in "Nerve", an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of "watchers."
- Emma Roberts as Vee
- Dave Franco as Ian/Sam
- Juliette Lewis as Nancy
- Emily Meade as Sydney
- Miles Heizer as Tommy
- Kimiko Glenn as Liv
- Samira Wiley as Azhar
- Ed Squires as Chuck
- Brian Marc as J.P.
- Eric D'Alessandro as Hype Boi
- Marc John Jefferies as Wes
- Machine Gun Kelly as Ty
- Casey Neistat as himself
If you're looking for an evening movie without a deep meaning, "Nerve" is a perfect choice. And no, I don't want to sound like a snob: the film has wonderful visual effects, summer soundtracks, Emma Roberts and Dave Franco, and all of these elements create the atmosphere of night adventures. And as almost every night adventure "Nerve" has some problems - in its case they're a simple plot or it's better to say a naive one: no real troubles (actually just contrived ones), no catchy characters. However it doesn't mean you can't watch it at least one time.
Of course, there're reasons for that like Emma Roberts and Dave Franco (yes, they were my mine to be waiting for "Nerve"). It's impossible to call their performances great or remarkable but their acting doesn't raise questions: beautiful young people in search of risk - what can be more charming? Especially when they drive through the night with neon lights and dance music on the background. Therefore if you want to charge into adventure, "Nerve" will help you. It will dare you.
Advantages
- Emma Roberts as Vee
- Dave Franco as Ian/Sam
- Machine Gun Kelly as Ty
- The soundtracks
- The visual effects
- Quite a naive teenage movie
"Strangenesses"
- Too many changes per night
- One girl can break a system overnight
Clue Moments
- The college
- Vee's brother
- Sydney becomes popular in "Nerve"
- Vee signs up for "Nerve" as a player
- "To the Lighthouse"
- The kiss
- 60 miles per hour on the motorcycle
- The quarrel with Sydney
- "The traitor"
- The arena
- "You are an accessory to murder"
- The "first date"
Soundtracks
- Basenji - Can’t Get Enough
- MO - Kamikaze
- Jess Kent - Get Down
- Sweetmates - I Don’t Dream
- Melanie Martinez - Soap
- Crystal Stilts - Darken The Door
- The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You
- Roy Orbison - You Got It
- Little Jerry Williams - Baby Bunny Sugar Honey
- BØRNS - Electric Love
- Benny Mardones - Into the Night
- Lowell - Ride (feat. Icona Pop)
- Diplomats of Solid Sound - Gimme one more chance
- Halsey - Hurricane (Arty Remix)
- Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
- Pyramid Vritra - Black Belts ft. Pyramid Quince
- Darke Complex - Invertebrate
- Family Portrait - Mega Secrets
- Valentino Khan - Deep Down Low (VIP Mix)
- Bro Safari - Bender
- Tei Shi - Basically
- Holy Ghost! - Okay
- Alex Winston - Down Low
- Grandtheft - Give Me More
- Holy Ghost! - Crime Cutz (Original Mix)
- Blood Orange - Forget It
- Jungle - Lucky I Got What I Want
- Johann Johannsson - The Sun's Gone Dim And The Sky's Turned Black
- Lowell - Ride (feat. Icona Pop)
- Krewella - Somewhere to Run
Quotations
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Nancy: [in nurses uniform, upset at what she sees on her cellphone] Somebody is putting money in my account!Black patient in wheelchair: White people problems.
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[last lines]Ian: By the way my real name is Sam.
[last lines]
Vee: Nice to meet you Sam.
Ian: Nice to meet you too.
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Nancy: [On the phone] Tommy money's appearing in Vee's account... are we being hacked?Tommy: [Over the phone] Normally if you were being hacked money would be going out of her account.
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Tommy: You only use ten per cent of the internet.
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[repeated line]Gas Mask Watcher, Watcher, Watcher, Watcher: Are you a Watcher? Or a Player?
* * *
[repeated line]Game Watcher, Watcher at Dorilton, Watcher, Spider-Man Watcher: Snitches Get Stitches.
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You may see the trailer here.
Plot: 7/10
Entertainment: 7/10
Acting: 6/10
Originality: 7/10
Music and Sound: 8/10
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