It's like "The Terminator" as reimagined by the editors of French Vogue.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Ludicrous. Its logic flies out the window like a rocket. It's unbelievable and ridiculous... But fascinating it is.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Michael Wilmington
Like the movies its modeled after, it's shallow, frequently silly. But there's something about the mix--maybe something about Parillaud as the screechy, dangerous Nikita--that may make the movie a powerful engine of wish-fulfillment. [12 Apr 1991, Calendar, p.F-10]Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
The film, like Nikita herself, becomes more conventionally sleek and less interestingly bizarre as it moves along.Read Full Review »
Parillaud is expressive but rather mundane. She's best at playing sullen, but there are so many French actresses who specialize in this particular talent -- the French have mastered the apathetic pout -- that she seems generic.Read Full Review »