Product Details

• Actors: Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Kava, Richard Bradford
• Directors: Richard Benjamin
• 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
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: September 17, 2002
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006CXGH
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,053 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Little Nikita" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The same year that River Phoenix made Running on Empty, in which he played the son of '60s radicals on the run from the law and hiding in plain sight, he also made this film, which is even less interesting than the vastly overrated Running. And, in this one, he plays a kid whose parents are, in fact, deep-cover Soviet moles (oops, the Berlin Wall is coming down--bad timing there) who are about to be brought to the surface. But Sonny Boy is being indoctrinated by a kindly FBI agent (Sidney Poitier)--and is torn between battling those dirty Commies and helping them because those dirty Commies are Mom and Dad. As silly as it sounds, building to an ersatz action finale. --Marshall Fine

Product Description

Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Run time: 97 minutes Rating: Pg

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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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.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not One of My Favorites, April 5, 1999

By A Customer

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

I saw this movie because it stars River Phoenix, my favorite actor. I would have to say that this movie basically wastes his talent [but not as much as A Night In the Life of Jimmy Reardon does]. The plot in this movie is kind of far fechted and hard to follow or get into. I'd avoid this movie unless you're a River fan.