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60% Critic Match
Little Nikita
“He went to bed an all-American kid and woke up the son of Russian spies.”
6.0 / 10• 1988• 1h 38m•PG• English
DramaActionThriller
Storyline
An FBI agent works to uncover an all-American family as Soviet sleeper agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their oblivious teenage son.
Cast & Crew
Sidney Poitier
Roy Parmenter
Lead
River Phoenix
Jeff Grant
Richard Jenkins
Richard Grant
Caroline Kava
Elizabeth Grant
Richard Bradford
Konstantin Karpov
Richard Lynch
Scuba
Loretta Devine
Verna McLaughlin
Lucy Deakins
Barbara Kerry
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Benjamin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Little Nikita is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
