
This ultra-hip, post-modern vampire tale is set in contemporary New York City. Members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.... (Full plot summary below)
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This ultra-hip, post-modern vampire tale is set in contemporary New York City. Members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.
Leave your thoughts about Nadja.
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDragan AntulovToo bizarre to be taken seriously and not funny enough to be entertaining. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsMark R. LeeperWhile it is nice to see an occasional horror film making the art house circuit, this story of the undead just needs more life in the long middle section of the film. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThis offbeat horror item works much better as a dreamy mood piece with striking poetic images and as a semicomic appreciation of a few quintessential low-budget actors than as straight-ahead storytelling. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonMichael Almereyda's insanely brilliant fantasia on the Dracula legend. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's the kind of movie that deals with unspeakable subjects while keeping a certain ironic distance, and using dialogue that seems funny, although the characters never seem in on the joke. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewAn idiosyncratic film, admired by many for its strong atmosphere, and by this writer for its absurd(ist) casting of a barely recognisable Fonda as Donovan's mad uncle Van Helsing. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumJeremiah KippIf Nadja is to be considered an interesting failure, there's something to be said for the value and substance of broken treasures. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliHip. Cool. New Wave. Chic. These are only some of the adjectives applicable to Michael Almereyda's new take on the vampire legend. Of course, one other term springs to mind, but it isn't nearly as complimentary. Pretentious. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksThe film stumbles with hackneyed plotting, uneven performances and a deadly-dull centerpiece that goes on forever. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasIn the title role of Michael Almereyda's "Nadja," an elegant, witty but also sometimes tedious spin on the legend of Dracula, Elina Lowensohn is a black-caped beauty with a bold Frida Kahlo face. |