Nola

Nola (2003)

  • 0% of critics liked it
    (13 reviews)

  • 43% of users liked it
    (881 ratings)

Nola (Emmy Rossum) is a Kansas teen who runs away to New York City to escape an abusive stepfather. Once she gets to the big town, she sets about looking for a job and for her father, whom she's never met. She attacks both tasks with fierce determination, but has little success, until she… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Alan Hruska
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 29, 2003 Wide
Samuel Goldwyn Films

Critic Reviews

  • Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

    Needs to be put out of its misery -- and yours.

  • Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

    So laughably preposterous that it's thoroughly entertaining.

  • Megan Lehmann, New York Post

    A dubious script that detonates into a full-blown disaster midway through.

  • Jan Stuart, Newsday

    Has everything you want from a good bad movie: overheated drama, overripe performances, arch characters and fruity dialogue.

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    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.

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  • Mark A


    An over-the-top fairytale ending nearly ruined a pretty good story up until then. Nola (not the Big Easy), played by a sweet Emmy Rossum, is a talented young singer-songwriter who runs away from a bad situation at home and winds up in New York City hoping to find her father. The first… More

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