100
Nina Forever is a brilliant, intelligent and emotionally rewarding debut feature.
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What are critics saying?
75
Despite these uneven moments, the film still serves as a dark and morbid fable about the poor choices people can make in their efforts to prove that they are how they see themselves.
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Barry Hertz
The film’s bizarre, gore-soaked premise actually manages to ease viewers into the far more uncomfortable topic of grief – after all, dying is easy, but living with death is much more complicated.
60
Eccentric as this premise is, the Blaines’ screenplay trails behind their confident direction in terms of ringing interesting variations on a limited, somewhat repetitious theme.
80
The Guardian by Jordan Hoffman
In addition to its ability to take this odd premise and run with it, Nina Forever scores by being tremendously erotic. Granted, what’s sexy varies from taste to taste, but the exuberance in passion exhibited by young Abigail Hardingham is refreshing in a landscape of independent films that too frequently play nudity for a cheap laugh or just to tick a box off a potential distributor’s list of requirements.
50
The Hollywood Reporter by Justin Lowe
Although it’s an inspired gamble to introduce familiar genre elements into what’s essentially a high-strung relationship drama, Nina Forever’s repeatedly shifting tone ultimately proves more of a drawback than an asset.
80
Screen International by Kim Newman
The ending is haunting and affecting.
70
Los Angeles Times by Michael Rechtshaffen
Thanks to a trio of solid performances (especially the dryly bitter O'Shaughnessy, who suggests a young Helena Bonham Carter), this first feature, although a tad long, nevertheless emerges as a diabolically effective anti-date movie.
83
The Playlist by Oktay Ege Kozak
The powerful performances by the three leads really help create the brothers’ distinct vision.
88
RogerEbert.com by Peter Sobczynski
Nina Forever subverts audience expectations at every turn and develops the kind of genuine emotional power that keeps it from being just another gory goof.