Nerve

“The sharpest, wildest and most unpredictable thriller I’ve seen this year.”

Kyle Smith, New York Post · 88

“Blisteringly cool one moment and ridiculously silly the next (much like its high school heroine), this punchy and propulsive late summer surprise is able to capture the way we live now because it displays such a vivid understanding of the reasons why we live that way.”

David Ehrlich, IndieWire · 83

“Nerve, a thriller set in a world of smartphone-obsessed teens, is clever, exciting, sweet and full of quick twists that never devolve from serving a well-built story.”

Allen Salkin, New York Daily News · 80

“Nerve wants to be a cautionary tale about the perils of desiring fame through social media, but it isn’t willing to go to the darker depths this material requires. It opts to stay on a more superficial and very goofy level, and while that has its enjoyable charms, it pretty much negates the film’s message.”

Odie Henderson, RogerEbert.com · 75

“The complicated truth is that the Internet’s dangers are entwined with its pleasures, the allure of instant fame, the illusion of contact with masses of people. Nerve is the first movie to capture all that, and the result is a successful and memorable thriller.”

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle · 75