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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrThe film is rightfully carried by Nico and Dani and under Gay's artful helmsmanship it's carried with remarkable sympathy and believability.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAn exceptional coming-of-age film--subtle, humorous, compassionate, acutely perceptive.
- 75Portland OregonianKim MorganPortland OregonianKim MorganDelivers the oft-trod subject of boys' sexuality with intelligence and freshness.
- 75Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachA more honest version of "Summer of '42."
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanDirector Gay deals so honestly with the boys' emotions, it's almost a revelation when compared to Hollywood fabrications.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerRambling and easygoing, Nico and Dani is a modest but frank look at adolescent lust, both heterosexual and homosexual.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe acting is amiable but the story isn't much deeper than the callow main characters.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSweet and harmless -- a beach movie in more ways than one -- but it doesn't run awfully deep.
- 50L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonFilled with the kind of frank, nonsensational sensuality that eludes American filmmakers, this movie proves again that the most interesting cinema about teenage life -- gay and otherwise -- is being made far from our provincial shores.
- 20Film.comHenry Cabot BeckFilm.comHenry Cabot BeckEveryone will be indifferent, as indifferent and uncaring as the characters the film portrays.