Movies

'Nerve' is one of those films that quietly went under the radar at the cinema, but seem to catch on via word of mouth.Truth is it's a decent film, inspired by a YA book. It also acts as a vehicle for up and coming talents such as Emma Roberts and Dave Franco, who both give good performances.Roberts in particular shines in every scene, and it is her character of Vee who goes through the biggest journey throughout.The plot doesn't hold up to much scrutiny, but it is an action packed film, that proves entertaining.If you can stomach the fact that it's really just people doing lots of irresponsible things then you'll enjoy the film. Parents thinking of letting their teens watch it should be wary though.

I guess, I was too old in age to watch this movie. It might aim at teenagers. To me, a grown-up middle aged man, the movie was boring and predictable. All boys and girls have stereotype characters. Especially boring is the fact that all characters are very conservative thinking, not much youth in them. They all go a bit wild during playing the game "Nerve". But after moral (not ethics) catches them up they fall back in place and will live ordinary boring lives. What remains after leaving the cinema, is the depressing fact that our digital world can only be thought as going mad, that internet brings out mostly the bad side of people, but very seldom the good. In these kind of movies the happy ends finish with the heroes turning off the computers or mobiles. But the kids going out of the cinemas don't.

Don't waste your time. It has an interesting concept and is decent for the first hour...then suddenly it gets dumber than you could ever imagine.