75
Metascore
10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100CineVueCineVueNina Forever is a brilliant, intelligent and emotionally rewarding debut feature.
- 88The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe 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.
- 88RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiNina Forever subverts audience expectations at every turn and develops the kind of genuine emotional power that keeps it from being just another gory goof.
- 83The PlaylistOktay Ege KozakThe PlaylistOktay Ege KozakThe powerful performances by the three leads really help create the brothers’ distinct vision.
- 80Screen DailyKim NewmanScreen DailyKim NewmanThe ending is haunting and affecting.
- 80The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanIn 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.
- 75The A.V. ClubAlex McCownThe A.V. ClubAlex McCownDespite 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.
- 70Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenThanks 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.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyEccentric as this premise is, the Blaines’ screenplay trails behind their confident direction in terms of ringing interesting variations on a limited, somewhat repetitious theme.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweThe Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweAlthough 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.