{"id":29102,"date":"2018-09-30T01:24:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T05:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=29102"},"modified":"2018-09-30T03:40:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T07:40:24","slug":"all-about-nina-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/30\/all-about-nina-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"All About Nina (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Eva Vives\u2019 drama comedy about a fracture comedienne is one of the most honest and engaging dramas of the year, and \u201cAll About Nina\u201d is a success mainly because of Mary Elizabeth Winstead\u2019s stellar performance. Winstead is one of the most underrated and overlooked actresses of modern cinema. She\u2019s mostly been relegated to playing supporting characters and final girls most of her career, but given the right material she\u2019s shone in roles that should have earned her awards notice. She was immense in \u201cSmashed\u201d and she\u2019s remarkable in \u201cAll About Nina.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wistead plays Nina Geld a popular up and coming comedian who is building her fan base and career and is aiming to get called to audition for a legendary show called \u201cComedy Prime!\u201d Behind the scenes she\u2019s a self loathing borderline alcoholic who sleeps with every man she meets, and is stuck in an affair. But when she meets Rafe at a club one night, she realizes he\u2019s actually a genuinely good man, and wants to build a real romance. But Nina begins to doubt whether she can be happy, and not sabotage her own life, especially as she continues trying to deal with the pain of a horrendous childhood trauma. In \u201cAll About Nina\u201d Winstead feels right at home as this gorgeous stand up comedian who is struggling to be taken seriously in her career.<\/p>\n

Nina is a woman who has a lot against her in the sense that she\u2019s very good looking and she\u2019s in a career where woman are still struggling to be noticed and respected by their contemporaries. Even worse she\u2019s dealing with a secret that could destroy her life if she doesn\u2019t destroy it first. Winstead is fantastic, portraying this broken, insecure and truly messed up woman who projectile pukes after every gig, and whose only compliments after a stand up segment involves her looks and how much guys want to fuck her. In the opening after giving a raucous set, Nina sits at the bar getting drunk while the following comedians spend their opening jokes explaining how much they want to sleep with her. Nina Geld is a flawed human being but a compelling lead character who\u2019s chosen a ton of outlets to deal with the pain she\u2019s experienced in her life.<\/p>\n

She uses booze to numb her pain, and she uses comedy to convey her pain, and none of them seem to be working. As gets older her self realization that she has to change her life; this leads her in to a series of conflicts involving improving her own outlook on life, and facing a pain that she is having an impossible time getting past. She\u2019s sublime whenever she\u2019s on stage discussing her evident childhood trauma that\u2019s affected her lack of actual human connection. Nina is a girl who is her own worst enemy, and she can barely comprehend how to handle happiness when it presents itself to her in the form of Rafe. Common as Rafe is wonderful, playing beautifully off of Winstead, depicting a character that is gradually revealed to be as dysfunctional as she is, but might have a better grasp on his pain.<\/p>\n

Their chemistry and romantic tension is charming, and the dichotomy of their characters\u2019 approaches to pain and sadness allows for some riveting conflict. Winstead just shines, grabbing every scene she shares with others, and \u201cAll About Nina\u201d excels as a fantastic character study for this #metoo world, that explores a young woman\u2019s path to self destruction and the hope she can find happiness before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n

Now in Select Theaters.<\/strong><\/p>\n