Nicotina
Metascore
49 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 17
  3. Negative: 3 out of 17
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Supercharged with an energy and ingenuity that "Run Lola Run" once had a patent on.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Louis R. Carlozo
    88
    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.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    80
    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.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Carina Chocano
    70
    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.
  5. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    70
    A gimmick film, but it's brought off with such verve it's great fun.
  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    63
    Lightweight but enjoyable entertainment.
  7. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Janice Page
    63
    While obviously not a unique or uniquely satisfying experience, the film still does the job in a pinch, and looks cool doing it.
  8. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    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.
  9. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    50
    Flawed but imaginative film.
  10. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    50
    The stylistic cleverness of the opening minutes settles into a self-satisfied flair.
  11. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    50
    Yields up plenty of opportunities for heated confrontations, wild and woolly dialogue and startling violence, which prove diverting in a shallow way.
  12. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Bob Westal
    40
    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.
  13. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    40
    Nicotina's lack of originality ultimately proves forgivable. Its glib, heartless nihilism doesn't.
  14. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    40
    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.
  15. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    30
    Self-satisfied, incoherently busy farce.
  16. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    30
    Nicotina skitters between dull and forced, this despite the use of split screens, jaunty music and the personable Luna.
  17. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Robert Wilonsky
    20
    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.

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