Directed by – Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost
Starring – Emma Roberts; Dave Franco; Samira Wiley; Kimiko Glenn; Juliette Lewis; Emily Meade.
It’s scary to think in this day and age where teenagers are looking at their phones 24/7 with Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and especially this summer with Pokémon GO! With Nerve directors Schulman and Joost (Catfish) have delivered community towards this current generation.
Nerve follows high school senior Vee Delmonico (Roberts) joins a popular online game and soon finds herself caught up in a dangerous adrenaline-fuelled game of cat and mouse which will ultimately determine her entire future.
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I didn’t know what to expect when I got to the screening, it was a basic cute, nerdy girl meets sexy boy-next-door (Franco) with people using a sinister periscope (do people still use that?). It’s actually alarming how true to life this film could be having a game like this could easily be released in years to come.
Even though it was a simple plot, the cast was good, but it was Franco who stood tall. He has this ability to show different emotions in the same scene from cheeky flirting to concern and worry (he has a great worry face). He also had brilliant chemistry with Roberts.
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Speaking of Roberts, she does a brilliant job of being our eyes through this online world and I think a lot of the audience will connect with her. While her BFF Sydney (Meade) is again a character who is looking to be a reality celebrity and audience could recognise her characteristics in their friendship groups.
Schulman and Joost did a great job with the direction and the way they infused different cameras from traditional filmmaking to iPhones and though the screen of an iMac and the way they embedded text graphics felt organic.
It also had a few tense moments when the dares become more and more well daring, but I would’ve like to have seen it go down a darker route, not full on horror, just more shocking/tease.
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At 96 minutes it’s the right length and went a solid, decent pace. However, the final act did feel like Hackers.
Verdict
With all the community towards social media, this is very much a film for millennials and they need to listen. Franco really showed his acting chops in a film that mixes the new and old ways of filmmaking.
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