Product Details

• Actors: Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Kava, Richard Bradford
• Directors: Richard Benjamin
• Writers: Bo Goldman, John Hill, Terry Schwartz, Tom Musca
• Producers: Art Levinson, Gail Mutrux, Harry Gittes
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: French, Korean, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 17, 2002
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006CXGH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,143 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Little Nikita" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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LITTLE NIKITA - DVD Movie

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good, May 7, 1999

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This review is from: Little Nikita [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Don't listen to that screwed-up review above. This movie has plenty of suspense, tense moments, and fine performances, especially by River Phoenix and Sidney Portier. You'll love it.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Cold War Story, March 13, 2006

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Glenn M. Schoditsch (Richmond, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Little Nikita (DVD)

Good story of a San Diego FBI agent in pursuit of a Soviet agent who is killing off Soviet "sleeper cells". There's good interaction between Agent Roy Parmenter and high schooler Jeff Grant whose parents are "sleepers". Great suspense as Roy and Jeff and parents play a cat and mouse game with the Soviet assassin. This is one of the last "true era" cold war movies to be made.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Diamond in the Rough, January 10, 2010

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Glen Neal (Sayre, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Little Nikita (DVD)

Before River Phoenix's untimely drug overdose death in 1993, he had made several great films including Stand By Me and My Private Idaho. While this film is not considered one of his best, I think it's a great '80s film that showcases his talents very well. In this story Jeff (Little Nikita) must come to grips with the fact that his parents are Russian spies, who have been laying low all these years waiting for their call to duty. When it finally comes, his parents have no interest anymore in the spy business and refuse to be activated. Jeff is kidnapped by a Russian spy and the chase is on by his parents and the FBI to get him back safe. Sidney Poitier plays a convincing FBI agent. This movie would no doubt be enjoyed more by older people who grew up during the cold war.