“So am I.”
She’s describing the violent, married cop (Chace Crawford) with whom she’s having an affair.
He hits her, but in her practice routine, Nina says she doesn’t mind.
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It helps her stay awake during sex.
Instead, her comedy is entirely impersonal even as it seems tremendously intimate.
She talks about period blood and other bodily fluids, generally raunchy material sprinkled liberally with swear words.
That’s the tension at the heart ofAll About Nina,the first feature-length film from writer-director Eva Vives.
Winstead shines as the damaged, defensive title character.
Unfortunately, the characters in the film never ascend beyond the (self-proclaimed) walking stereotypes.
In other words, the stereotype of an abuse victim.
