La Femme Nikita
User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11

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  1. Roeyl
    May 13, 2011
    9
    A great movie. You may or may not like it, but I did.
  2. Paul_Yoon
    Sep 19, 2010
    6
    It's massive flaws that Nikita character seems like an "A Clockwork Orange" character through this movie. However, I would praise Nikita for pychologically dilema between her responsibility for kill and her love.
  3. Beercan
    Jan 12, 2005
    8
    One the few movies in recent years that manages to transcend a completely idiotic storyline and ham-fisted filmmaking by sheer force of will. This movie hurls itself at you with all it's got, and a surprising amount of it sticks. Whatever La Femme Nikita's faults, and there are many, what is undeniable is the sincerity and fury of the whole enterprise - and a handful of truly memorable action set-pieces. Visually deft, fluid, and often very funny, with a completely convincing lead performance by Parillaud. Not for everyone, especially Conservatives and other woman-haters, but lots of fun if you're game.… Expand
  4. YoonMinC.
    Sep 24, 2003
    3
    An obnoxious exercise in bloodletting borrowing freely from the worst violent stylistic excesses of Hong Kong and Hollywood movies. What's typically French is the delirious herione who seems to be storming the Bastille. Or, is it that time of the month? It's something like Taming of the Shrew with guns. Guys into kinky killer babes might enjoy this; so might embittered feminists who might find the idea of a killer woman--regardless of her retardedness--empowering. Me, I just wanted to shout 'put a cork in it' and in more ways than one. … Expand

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Metascore
56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 3 out of 16
  1. The New Republic
    Reviewed by: Stanley Kauffmann
    90
    The making of the film is so slick, the acting so exceptional, that we find ourselves trapped - caring about what happens to the three principals. [6 May 1991, p.26]
  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    10
    The talentless but irrepressibly trendy Luc Besson ("Subway," "The Big Blue") dreamed up this idiotic story that seems vaguely inspired by Kubrick's (not Anthony Burgess's) "A Clockwork Orange."
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  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    50
    Disappointing. [6 Mar 1991, Life, p.9D]
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