In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
Nickelodeon has generally received mixed reviews.
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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 16 Aug 2010
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Nickelodeon was released in 1976 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 22 reviews, giving Nickelodeon (1976) an average rating of 55%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 72%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 56%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Nickelodeon than critics were.
With a score of 55%, Nickelodeon is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1976, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1976 with similar scores include films like Pink Flamingos, Burnt Offerings and Nine Months.
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