6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Nerve (2016)
Nerve (2016)
Overview
Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Viewer Rating
6.5
Overview
Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film critiques the dangers of online anonymity, mob mentality, and exploitation by a gamified system, while simultaneously emphasizing individual choice and the power of collective action to restore accountability, resulting in a balanced, apolitical cautionary tale about technology and human nature.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast with some visible diversity in supporting roles, without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white characters. Its narrative primarily explores the perils of online challenges and social media culture, rather than engaging with or critiquing traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film 'Nerve' does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative centers on the dangers of an online truth-or-dare game, with all main and supporting characters presented as heterosexual.
The film "Nerve" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on an online truth-or-dare game, exploring themes of internet anonymity, surveillance, and mob mentality, without engaging with transgender identity.
The film focuses on a high-stakes online game involving dares and social media. The female protagonist, Vee, and other female characters do not engage in or win direct physical combat against male opponents. The challenges are primarily non-physical or involve evasion rather than fighting.
The film "Nerve" is an adaptation of a novel. All major characters in the film retain the same gender as established in the source material. No instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender were identified.
The film "Nerve" is an adaptation of a novel where the characters' races were not explicitly defined or visually unambiguous in the source material. Therefore, the casting choices in the film do not constitute a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
7.0
Critic Ratings
6.6
5.8
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