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Little Nikita

Play trailer Poster for Little Nikita PG,  1988,  1h 38m,  Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 50% 16 Reviews Tomatometer 45% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
50% Tomatometer 16 Reviews 45% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent with a long-standing vendetta against a Russian spy named Scuba. Now, Scuba is blackmailing the Soviet government by tracking down and assassinating their sleeper agents in the United States. Parmenter discovers that high-school student Jeff Grant is the son of two such agents, which is a total shock to Jeff. Parmenter must try to track Scuba while also protecting the Grants.

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Variety Staff Variety Mar 26, 2009
Never really materializes as a taut espionage thriller and winds up as an unsatisfying execution of a clever premise ... Go to Full Review
Trevor Johnston Time Out Feb 9, 2006
This lacklustre espionage thriller is bogged down with the sort of clichs you'd expect from the height of the Cold War. Go to Full Review
Walter Goodman New York Times May 21, 2003
2/5
Richard Benjamin's strategy in directing ''Little Nikita'' seems to have been to paper over the holes in the plot with routine moves from spy shows past, in hopes of making the improbable passable. Go to Full Review
Grant Watson Fiction Machine Feb 14, 2026
5/10
Phoenix is generally pretty decent with what he has been given, but truth be told if he was excised from the plot completely nothing else would change. He is a spectator of the story, and not ever an active participant in it. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Jan 27, 2023
2/4
...periodically watchable yet mostly underwhelming... Go to Full Review
Ángel Luis Inurria El Pais (Spain) Mar 26, 2020
Unfortunately, the result is terrible. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Richard Benjamin

Director

Sidney Poitier

Roy Parmenter

River Phoenix

Jeff Grant

Richard Jenkins

Richard Grant

Caroline Kava

Elizabeth Grant

Richard Bradford

Konstantin Karpov

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Little Nikita

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Movie Info

Synopsis Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent with a long-standing vendetta against a Russian spy named Scuba. Now, Scuba is blackmailing the Soviet government by tracking down and assassinating their sleeper agents in the United States. Parmenter discovers that high-school student Jeff Grant is the son of two such agents, which is a total shock to Jeff. Parmenter must try to track Scuba while also protecting the Grants.
Director
Richard Benjamin
Producer
Harry Gittes
Screenwriter
John Hill, Bo Goldman
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
PG
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.5M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround
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