Nerve (2016)

Directed by: Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman

Written by: Jeanne Ryan (novel) & Jessica Sharzer 

Starring: Emma Roberts & Dave Franco








Nerve could have been amazing…but they casted Emma Roberts in it.

Don’t get me wrong, I like Emma Roberts.  But for some reason, she sucked in this film.  To me, she wasn’t believable when playing the good girl.  She’s better as a rebel/bad girl.

After being rejected, Venus (Emma Roberts) is dared to play Nerve, the new game that’s all the rave.  In the game you can choose to be a watcher or player.  Feeling that she doesn’t take enough risks, she chooses to be a player.  After earning some cash, she becomes hooked and continues to play along with Ian (Franco), another player.  But when the stakes become too high and she wants to bow out, it may be too late.

So besides Roberts being sucky at playing the good girl, I thought everything else was good.  Franco and Roberts had chemistry and worked well together.  The animation worked well too that gave the audience a look into what the players and watchers are seeing in terms of the game.  And the concept it interesting and symbolic.  They always do say that technology is taking over our lives.  3 popcorns.