Critic Reviews

• Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

  A frantic crime thriller that never transcends its influences to arrive anywhere interesting.

• Erik Lundegaard, Seattle Times

  It feels lightweight and forgettable.

• Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

  I suppose Nicotina is a gimmick film, but it's brought off with such verve it's great fun.

• Desson Thomson, Washington Post

  Skitters between dull and forced, this despite the use of split screens, jaunty music and the personable Luna.

• Janice Page, Boston Globe

  While obviously not a unique or uniquely satisfying experience, the film still does the job in a pinch, and looks cool doing it.

• Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

  Rodríguez keeps the story moving with multiple images, quick zooms and other editing tricks that serve as reminders that Nicotina is not to be taken seriously.

• Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star

  Will have to settle for being known as the Mexican 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag.

• Sean Axmaker, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

  The blunt attempts at dark humor merely underscore the film's cynicism...

• Ryan J. Downey, Premiere Magazine

  More like a brisk television pilot for the F/X network (and looking a bit like it, too) than a film -- albeit a pilot for a really, really cool show.

• Jay Antani, Los Angeles Alternative

  Nicotina feels so comfortably middle-of-the-road...that it makes us ponder the purpose of its very existence and makes the task of reviewing it an absolute redundancy.

• Paul Sherman, Boston Herald

  Clever and entertaining.

• MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher

  [A] loud, engagingly frenetic black comedy...

• Laura Clifford, Reeling Reviews

  After taking way too long to spark its many subplots, "Nicotina" smolders into an addictive romp that is at turns lightweight and grisly

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