Nickel Boys

2024

Action / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 92% · 213 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 23629 23.6K

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Director

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RaMell Ross

Top cast

Luke Tennie Photo
Luke Tennie as Griff
Jimmie Fails Photo
Jimmie Fails as Mr. Hill
Aunjanue Ellis Photo
Aunjanue Ellis as Hattie
Fred Hechinger Photo
Fred Hechinger as Harper
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by cdjh-81125 6 / 10

An Interesting Experiment That Didn't Do Much For Me

Despite all the issues I ended up having with it, I do admired Nickel Boys for delivering a unique experience that doesn't feel like something I've seen in any other movie. It's a very stylistic movie that attempts to tell an important story in an interesting way but unfortunately the story telling method didn't work for me overall. I very much not a fan of POV shots in movies since I find them so distracting and unnatural so filming an entire movie in that way was something I found to be extremely frustrating. It just kept me at a distance from these characters since I'm not seeing how they react during pivotal scenes. Instead of trying to get immersed in the experience I found myself more focused on the camera work in all the wrong ways. It's a very harrowing tale and one that understands the things we don't see on screen are all the more impactful. With it being such a disturbing story a vision that I could've actually gotten on board with would've done so much to get me wrapped up in this experience. But as it is I just found it to be a bit of a miserable watch that dragged unbelievably for me. I do admire the risks that this movie takes and more than that I see what RaMell Ross was going for. It's beautifully acted and did make me feel some genuine emotions while watching it but the main thing I felt when all is said and done is frustration.
Reviewed by softermaniac 7 / 10

Artistic, but Hard to Watch

I enjoyed the artistic stylings of the cinematography. They were as much a part of the story as the plot and characters.This was hard to watch mostly becausse of the unfortunate truths it portrayed.Injustice is never an easy thing to swallow. At least for me.This movie is definitely worth watching if only to inform yourself about the darkness of our past.But at a 2:20 runtime, it felt somewhat tedious.I get that the long runtime was meant to correspond to the long suffering of african americans and the lengthy civil rights struggle, but ultimately, it's message suffered for it.Its poignant story might've been better served as quick, aggressive and brutal. Rather than as the slow and painstaking story it told.
Reviewed by dtswpod 6 / 10

Powerful Story. Annoyingly Done.

This is by no means a bad film, but it is a frustrating one. Sure, we all appreciate a movie that tries to do something different-but let's not confuse "different" with "successful."The film is shot in a POV style where the camera is meant to represent the character's perspective, which ends up being wildly distracting. Not only does this approach pull you out of the action, but there are moments where you're left wondering what the hell you're even looking at. For example, there are several shots of the back of someone's head. Who is seeing that? Are we supposed to believe the character can see the back of their own skull?I shouldn't have to ask questions like that. And I wouldn't, if the film had drawn me in. But the overly gimmicky style makes that impossible. This could have been a very powerful movie-the subject matter certainly deserves it. However, the overly clever filmmaking drains it of any real impact.The acting and writing just barely manage to save it from being a complete disaster, but you still leave the theater wanting so much more.
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