100 Nights of Hero
IFC Films | Release Date: December 5, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
IndieWireLeila LatifSep 11, 2025
This is a film of rare joy and spirit, and one that deserves to be celebrated as both a feminist fairytale and a manifesto that will inspire a myriad of future stories. Read full review
90
ColliderAnna MillerOct 15, 2025
100 Nights of Hero is a profound and folkloric tale that evangelizes the beauty and importance of female solidarity, creative power, and defiance against oppression. It is political though playful, satirical yet thought-provoking, and radically challenges modern societal norms. Read full review
90
Screen DailyWendy IdeSep 11, 2025
Filmmaker Julia Jackman’s droll fantasy feminist fable is a true original. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubNatalia KeoganDec 5, 2025
If 100 Nights Of Hero is a critique of the misogynistic societies that cultivated these fairy tales, it is also an intentional embrace of the mythologies—however misguided they may seem—that have prompted women of all walks of life to test the limits of what they can get away with. Read full review
80
Little White LiesLaura VenningFeb 4, 2026
The story unfolds at breakneck speed, with never a dull moment. Read full review
80
Next Best PictureMia PflügerSep 11, 2025
With magnetic leads and Julia Jackman establishing herself as one of the most exciting new voices in British cinema, the film pulses with inventiveness and heart. It’s a fairy tale like no other, boldly queer and unapologetically feminist, a cinematic feast of humor, emotion, and rebellion. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloDec 5, 2025
Julia Jackman‘s beguiling feminist fairytale “100 Nights of Hero” is an enchanting tribute to the power of storytelling. Read full review
75
The PlaylistMarshall ShafferSep 11, 2025
Its zippy stylings never feel derivative or overly familiar. Watching this adaptation is like getting caught up inside a storybook drama designed for adults, maintaining a mythic quality while harnessing the complexities of reality. Read full review
70
PolygonAimee HartDec 5, 2025
While it captures the fantastical quirk conjured up in Greenberg’s pages, the edges are sanded down into something more digestible. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBrandon YuDec 4, 2025
There’s just enough style and slyness to momentarily whisk one away. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerDec 4, 2025
Adapting the graphic novel The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg, writer/director Julia Jackman creates a fable that is still damningly important and relevant: that women are not allowed to control their own bodies or their own stories. Read full review
66
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiDec 4, 2025
On one hand this reads like a Chaucer story, albeit a modern one that tackles topics even Chaucer would have struggled with. On the other, arch is still arch, so it may be hard for some audiences to appreciate Jackman’s wavelength. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshDec 5, 2025
While 100 Nights of Hero sports compelling actors and beautiful visuals (often best seen in montage, animated by editing), its storytelling about the power of storytelling is unfortunately less than riveting. The urgency of the message remains, but the delivery leaves something to be desired. Read full review
60
Time OutAlice SavilleFeb 6, 2026
This film is less a fully fledged exercise in storytelling, and more a succession of stained glass windows, sumptuous enough that you almost forget the dark stories they depict. Read full review
60
EmpireHelen O'HaraFeb 3, 2026
It’s beautifully designed and pleasantly quirky, with fun performances from the cast, yet the arch narrative style and structure can make the whole feel thin and unsatisfying. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyOct 23, 2025
Imagine Arabian Nights, filtered through a Sofia-Coppola-esque feminist sensibility, but spiced up with camp. That gets you some of the way into 100 Nights of Hero, a British indie romp based on a graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg. It has saucy wit –especially up to the hour mark. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawOct 20, 2025
Gender, sexuality, status and power are all in flux here, a playful effect that is however withdrawn when we arrive at the sacrificial seriousness. It is a sweet tale which floats self-consciously out of the screen. Read full review
55
LooperReuben BaronDec 2, 2025
Whatever happened in bringing this story to the big screen, 100 Nights of Hero starts off enjoyable enough in the moment, but by the time it ends, it's easy to feel underwhelmed. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineRocco T. ThompsonDec 1, 2025
The film’s brand of feminism is as skin-deep as the narrative. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinSep 11, 2025
It all feels like the film is setting up for nested tales within tales, but instead the layers don’t go that deep. Nor does the film offer up much in the way of thematic substance beyond love (between women) is grand, men are mostly bad, and matriarchal societies are better than patriarchies. Read full review
42
The Film StageAlistair RyderDec 5, 2025
Running at a slim 92 minutes, 100 Nights of Hero was clearly never intending to match the sprawling scale of its literary inspiration––but that doesn’t absolve it of inefficiencies, modernizing its source in a way that’ll make you glad we still have the classics to hold onto. Read full review
40
VarietySiddhant AdlakhaDec 5, 2025
It’s a gorgeous-looking film, but a drag. Read full review
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