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Nicotina
EMAILPRINTArenas Entertainment

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 17 critic reviews
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Based on 1 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Foreign
Written by: Martín Salinas
Directed by: Hugo Rodríguez
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 20, 2004
Running Time: 90 minutes, Color
Origin: Mexico / Argentina / Spain
Summary
RATING: R for violence and language
Starring Marta Belaustegui, Rosa María Bianchi, Lucas Crespi, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Rafael Inclán, Enoc Leaño, Diego Luna, Carmen Madrid, and Jesús Ochoa
A highly stylized caper about the addictive, intoxicating possibility of an easy life. (Arenas Entertainment)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Supercharged with an energy and ingenuity that "Run Lola Run" once had a patent on.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Louis R. Carlozo
As entertainment, Nicotina manages a bracing balance. It arrests with violent bursts and anxious pauses until its three plots merge in a satisfying resolution; its laughs caught in my throat like smoker's cough.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
The master principle of film noir -- that everyone is corruptible -- turns a pinwheel of plot complications in this fleet, stylish little crime drama from Mexico.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Stephen Hunter
A gimmick film, but it's brought off with such verve it's great fun.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano
Nicotina's every loser, criminal, dreamer, crank and cynic is flawed, but their flaws are primal and as human as thumbs. In the end, it's this grim but tender view of humanity that gives the movie its appealing combination of mordant humor and cheerful pessimism.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Janice Page
While obviously not a unique or uniquely satisfying experience, the film still does the job in a pinch, and looks cool doing it.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Though "Pulp Fiction" is the obvious point of reference, but this hugely entertaining Mexican crime comedy is actually closer in spirit to "Go," Doug Lyman's underrated 1998 lark.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
The stylistic cleverness of the opening minutes settles into a self-satisfied flair.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
Yields up plenty of opportunities for heated confrontations, wild and woolly dialogue and startling violence, which prove diverting in a shallow way.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Bob Westal
It seems likely that how much you enjoy Nicotina will be tied to how much you enjoyed the Guy Ritchie pictures it strongly resembles. Those who thought Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch were the cats p.j.'s will likely enjoy Nicotina.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dana Stevens
While it demonstrates some formal ingenuity, it is for the most part a tasteless and derivative stew of overdone jokes, chronological tricks and labored shock effects.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Nicotina's lack of originality ultimately proves forgivable. Its glib, heartless nihilism doesn't.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
Nicotina skitters between dull and forced, this despite the use of split screens, jaunty music and the personable Luna.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
The only thing worse than second-generation Guy Ritchie is fourth-generation Quentin Tarantino, and this movie has the musty smell of 1995 all over it.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Juan S. gave it an 8:
This is yet another good movie from what seems to be a mexican cinema renaissance. although not as brilliant as y tu mama tambien anad amores perros, it still has a lot of qualities. the best thoing about it is the acting, specially diego luna, who plays a computer geek with an obssesive infatuation towards his neighbor. the camera work, and dialogue r inventive, quick and witty. although it is not very deep and thought provoking, it nevertheless a lot of fun.
