Review of Nikita (1990) by Riitta K — 17 May 2008

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This review of Nikita (1990) was written by Riitta K on 17 May 2008.

Nikita has generally received positive reviews.

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By Grant S (1,780) on 03 Sep 2015

One of the better French films you'll see. Not that this says much, as most French movies are pretentious crap…

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Bessons finest hour, despite parts of the score being incredibly dated…

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By Yuri B (269) on 30 Apr 2015

The English dubbing I had to sit through for this movie was just awful, it should be illegal to dub foreign films…

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Revisited this for the first time in a long while. I think it's my favorite French film of all time, with the perfect art house melancholy ending…

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I've wanted to see this since it was released almost 25 years ago. It did not disappoint me. If you like this type of film, it's great…

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