The interplay between the main characters feels true to life. Screenwriter Jessica Sharzer provides enough space for the actors to flesh out and inhabit their standard teen-movie trope characters, and it’s easy to identify with whatever type you were in high school. The film is most effective when it’s portraying the dynamics of its teenaged universe. “Nerve” is too much fun to stay mad at for long. The hardened cynic in me was hoping for something akin to Eli Roth making a horror movie about "Pokemon Go." But then again, I am not the target audience for “Nerve." Part of me screamed for this film to get off my lawn, but an even bigger part of me succumbed to playing by its rules. The ABC Afterschool Specials of my youth, as cheesy as they were, seem more dangerous. Repercussions are mere afterthoughts here. It opts to stay on a more superficial and very goofy level, and while that has its enjoyable charms, it pretty much negates the film’s message. “Nerve” wants to be a cautionary tale about the perils of desiring fame through social media, but it isn’t willing to go to the darker depths this material requires. If a player freaks out, and gets law enforcement involved, the street adage “snitches gets stitches” is quite rudely demonstrated. If a player fails, or bails out of the dare, their game is over and they forfeit all their dough. The more dangerous the dare, the more money one can make. Upon completion of the dares, which are recorded by the player and other watchers, cash is immediately deposited into the player’s account. This underground game has two modes, player and watcher. I haven’t read the book, but I have seen the "Simpsons" episode where Homer is willing to degrade himself for money. A brief history of the film reveals that it started out as a popular young adult novel by Jeanne Ryan.
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