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All About Nina
2018
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All About Nina
Positive Reviews
48
Negative reviews
9
Average Rating
3.6
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3.0
Its a bumpy ride, transitioned from the comedy stage to real life by Ninas compulsive vomiting after every set.
Common Sense Media
4.5
Either youre not being honest up there, or youre not being honest right now.
Variety
2.5
Then theres Andrei Tarkovskys Stalker, which transfigures Arkady and Boris Strugatskys briskly paced novella Roadside Picnic into a slow, mesmerizing ..
1.5
While the characters resulting journey of self discovery may follow familiar lines, it is bracing nevertheless.
Screen Daily
4.5
Balancing its darker moments with humor and warmth, the picture has a broad enough appeal to finally, movie gods get Winstead onto the first choice li ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Enter Rafe (Common), a smooth and accessible man that Nina just cant seem to figure out.
4.5
Ms. Winstead is so good that she even shows you the movie that could have been, one without the clichs and therapy talk.
The New York Times
4.5
Both bleakly humorous and laugh out loud funny, the brilliant All About Nina is a powerful film about the importance of womens voices, and the change ..
4.5
Mary Elizabeth Winstead delivers a gutsy performance in a solid little indie sleeper.
JoBlo
3.8
But since this Mr. Right is played with a quiet smoothness by Common, thats a small gaffe.
The Globe And Mail
3.1
Great stand up milieu, but a movie almost undone by the romantic distractions.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.0
Parts of it make sense, shows consideration, but too much of it runs solely on autopilot.
Blu Ray
3.8
Its a staggering scene, performed by Winstead with bold assuredness and vulnerability.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.3
One of the best performances of the year from Winstead...I encourage you to see it.
You Tube
3.0
Eva Vives All About Nina is a well intentioned attempt to capture this enduring conflict, even if at times it falls into traditional mainstream comedi ..
Pop Matters
4.5
Though the material isnt quite ready for prime time, Winstead once again proves herself a major player.
The Wrap
4.5
Yet to Vives credit, Nina doesnt just walk off into a golden SoCal sunset with a sensitive male on her arm.
Npr
4.5
Hail Mary, full of rage. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is utterly incendiary in this own worst enemy dramedy that gender flips a tired genre to give angry n ..
4.5
Shes sublime whenever shes on stage discussing her evident childhood trauma thats affected her lack of actual human connection.
Cinema Crazed
4.5
But its not just the cool wardrobe that makes Katherine worth watching; Waterston does a great deal with a script that doesnt give her much.
Film Inquiry
4.5
As Rafe hes proving his ability to be the ideal male lead, and a soulful one at that.
Film Inquiry
4.5
But for those who like this sort of thing, it has a strong performance from Mary Winstead, intelligent dialogue and an insightful script.
Eye For Film
1.3
Despite a lively performance by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Nina is a big bore with a small talent and a one track mind.
Observer
3.0
Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Common are a winning duo but the heart of the film comes from Winstead; shes a mess that hits all of the required empathet ..
Flickering Myth
3.0
All About Nina marks a brave, bold writing and directing debut for Eva Vives, who isnt afraid to make Nina a deeply flawed and contradictory ball of i ..
Detroit News
1.9
All About Nina is certainly a showcase for Winsteads versatility.
Aisle Seat
3.0
An excellent entry in the romantic comedy format that doesnt lose sight of who its heroine is the moment she falls for someone.
The Play List
4.0
Its when Ninas defences break down that Winstead gets to show her real range, finding a depth, pain and vulnerability in her character that are diffic ..
Now Toronto
4.0
There is the fish out of water comedy filled with L.A. stereotypes and the quirky roommate; theres the earnest indie comedy about the female comedy ci ..
Film
3.8
Eventually, though, theres something sweet and touching about how Nina opens herself to the eternally optimistic, spiritually available Lake.
Chicago Sun Times
4.0
All About Nina is one of those films that sneaks up on you because youre not expecting it to be as good as it is.
Punch Drunk Critics
4.5
If you want to talk about stars being born, consider Mary Elizabeth Winsteads performance as the title character in All About Nina.
Straight
2.0
Lots of comic moments, great performance by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
Shockya
4.5
This isnt something that would come easy for anyone who doesnt perform stand up comedy.
Solzy At The Movies
4.4
Mary Elizabeth Winstead deserves an Academy Award nomination for this performance.
Awards Circuit
4.4
All About Nina works well as an adult romantic comedy, a female perspective on the comedy world, and a star vehicle for Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
Awards Circuit
1.5
Ninas cliched, self consciously provocative material is just the most obvious symptom of a wider problem of inauthenticity plaguing the film as a whol ..
Under The Radar Mag
1.5
Although Ninas bits are insightful about a modern womans experiences vis a vis relationships, the stand up community, or menstruation hassles, the mat ..
Scene Stealers
1.5
As Rafe, Common delivers a nice, easygoing performance that tempers Winsteads nervier turn.
Film Journal International ..
3.0
All About Nina couldve been a standout film on its own with a broader, steadier, storyline. Instead, it is all over the place.
Black Girl Nerds
4.5
While Mary Elizabeth Winstead is the master on screen, it is Eva Vives strong writing and direction behind the scenes that makes the entire film profo ..
Rendy Reviews
2.8
Despite its overreliance on well worn tropes about the chaotic and misery laden lives of people who tell jokes for a living, All About Nina possesses ..
Spectrum Culture
4.5
But Mary Elizabeth Winsteads electric and stunning performance is so smashingly good, so incisive and dangerous, that this feels like a first anyway.
The Film Experience
1.5
Nevertheless, theres too little analytical insight beyond this narratives superficial, emotional staging.
Kdhx
2.9
It doesnt make All About Nina a great film, but does make it something relatively important.
The Gate
3.8
Hes sweet, hes charming, hes funny, hes honest and he is insistent that he doesnt want to have sex with Nina on the first date.
Movie Cricket
4.5
Why cant Nina just be happy Writer/director Eva Vives puts a whole lot of stuff into a compact 97 minutes, filling out the mysteries of Ninas life wit ..
The Movie Minute
4.4
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a tour de force as self destructive stand up comic Nina Geld. The brazen film unleashes plenty of ugliness on the audience ..
Victoria Advocate
4.0
Her routines revolve around female bodily fluids and the concept that women, if they were honest about it, dont really want relationships.
Womens Voices For Change
4.5
The skeletons in Ninas closet dont get unloaded too quickly, instead building up to the predictable big gig at the end of the movie that could land ou ..
KSDK
4.5
Nina isnt in L.A. long before she lands a love interest in Rafe (Common, Selma).
Hammer To Nail
3.5
A major strength of the film is the ensemble work of Winstead and Common, who together have a believable, warm chemistry.
We Are Movie Geeks
4.5
All About Nina isnt always easy to watch, but womens lives arent always easy to live.
Awfj
3.5
... its hard to imagine anyone projecting the complex combination of anger, attractiveness, insecurity, and pain that makes Nina what she is.
The Arts St L
4.5
Winstead expertly nails not just the films dramatic beats but its ornery comical wit as well.
4.5
Or rather, The Queen Of Comedy. And De Niros brutal portrayal taken to another level, laced with macabre when not pornographic shock jokes, updated an ..
Wbai Radio Women Blog Spot ..
3.0
What is fresh about the film is that rather than be a set up for a climactic biographical confession, it so carefully paints the toxic environment wom ..
1More Film Blog
1.5
Always a likable actor, here Winstead is at a charismatic high, carrying a mediocre film, making it impossible to turn off through her star power alon ..
Miami New Times
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