Nicotina

Name: Nicotina
Director: Hugo Rodríguez
Released: 2003

Synopsis

A hacker who is spying on a pretty neighbour messes up his assignment to break into Swiss bank accounts for Russian mobsters.

100
Christian Science Monitor
Supercharged with an energy and ingenuity that "Run Lola Run" once had a patent on.
88
Chicago Tribune
As entertainment, Nicotina manages a bracing balance. It arrests with violent bursts and anxious pauses until its three plots merge in a satisfying resolution; its laughs caught in my throat like smoker's cough.
70
Los Angeles Times
Nicotina's every loser, criminal, dreamer, crank and cynic is flawed, but their flaws are primal and as human as thumbs. In the end, it's this grim but tender view of humanity that gives the movie its appealing combination of mordant humor and cheerful pessimism.
50
The Hollywood Reporter
Flawed but imaginative film.
50
Variety
Yields up plenty of opportunities for heated confrontations, wild and woolly dialogue and startling violence, which prove diverting in a shallow way.
40
Film Threat
It seems likely that how much you enjoy Nicotina will be tied to how much you enjoyed the Guy Ritchie pictures it strongly resembles. Those who thought “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch” were the cats p.j.'s will likely enjoy Nicotina.
40
The A.V. Club
Nicotina's lack of originality ultimately proves forgivable. Its glib, heartless nihilism doesn't.
40
The New York Times
While it demonstrates some formal ingenuity, it is for the most part a tasteless and derivative stew of overdone jokes, chronological tricks and labored shock effects.