Nerve (2016 film)
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| Produced by | Allison Shearmur |
| Screenplay by | Jessica Sharzer |
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Nerve by Jeanne Ryan |
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| Music by | Rob Simonsen |
| Cinematography | Michael Simmonds |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $83.4 million |
Nerve is a 2016 American thriller-adventure film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and written by Jessica Sharzer, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Jeanne Ryan. The film stars Emma Roberts, Dave Franco and Juliette Lewis, and revolves around an online objective truth or dare video game, which allows people to enlist as "players" or "watchers" as the game intensifies.
The film premiered at the SVA Theater on July 12, 2016, and was theatrically released on July 27, 2016, by Lionsgate. It received mixed reviews and has grossed over $83 million.
High school senior Venus "Vee" Delmonico (Emma Roberts) longs to leave her home, Staten Island, for college, but is afraid to tell her mother (Juliette Lewis) about her admission to California Institute of the Arts, as the mother is still grieving from the death of Vee's brother.
Vee's friend Sydney (Emily Meade) becomes popular in Nerve: an online reality game where people either enlist online as "players" or pay to watch as "watchers". Players accept dares from watchers, receiving money rewards. Sydney and her other friends chastise Vee's unadventurous nature. When Vee refuses to talk to her crush J.P., Sydney approaches J.P. herself and reveals that Vee is interested in him. J.P. rebuffs her, Vee walks away, embarrassed.
Furious, Vee signs up as a player on Nerve. The game collects her personal data and explains the three rules: all dares must be recorded on the player's phone, earned money will be revoked if a player fails or "bails" a dare, and a player must not report the game to law enforcement. In addition, the top two most-watched players will compete in a highly sought-after final round. Her first dare is to kiss a stranger at a diner for five seconds. Vee kisses Ian (Dave Franco), who is reading Vee's favorite book (Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse"). He starts dancing around the diner and sings to her on a dare, revealing that he's playing too. The watchers then dare Ian to take her into the city, believing they make a good couple.
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