Nola
Metascore
26 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 5 out of 7
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    50
    So laughably preposterous that it's thoroughly entertaining.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    One youngster -- even a youngster as talented as Rossum -- can't transform a mess of clichés into a little gem.
  3. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Robert Wilonsky
    10
    So awful it's hypnotizing.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Megan Lehmann
    25
    The film is lousy with cartoonishly off-putting characters.
  5. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ben Kenigsberg
    30
    Screwball it isn't, but it has screwy down pat.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    30
    A movie that pits a substantial actor like Mary McDonnell, playing a New York madam, against a bogus story that crossbreeds noirish affectations and romantic comedy into an unpalatable mush that suggests strawberry ice cream slathered with beer.
  7. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    20
    Screwball elements feel overly theatrical -- one can almost see the actors waiting calmly in the wings for their breathless entrances.

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