My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
Toho (Toko) Production | Release Date: February 26, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeFeb 25, 2020
This is canny, passionate filmmaking, a reminder of the power of two-dimensional animation. First, it humanizes, then it astounds. Read full review
85
PolygonJust LunningMar 10, 2020
If the creator’s words are to be trusted, and this is My Hero Academia’s final film, the series has departed on an exciting high point, among the series’ greatest moments. Read full review
80
IGNFeb 25, 2020
From excellent team-ups between Deku and Bakugo to strategic standoffs featuring some of the more minor characters like Ashido and Tokoyami, the entirety of Class 1-A gets to shine in this new movie. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesCharles SolomonFeb 25, 2020
Director Kenji Nagasaki pulls out all the stops in the climactic battle, serving up a dazzling array of explosions, lightning, punches, kicks, storm clouds and more explosions. The brilliant palette infuses the sequence with a striking visual beauty, even if the result is a foregone conclusion. Read full review
71
Paste MagazineToussaint EganFeb 26, 2020
Sure, the action is thrilling and the visual effects are stellar, but Heroes Rising as a whole only manages to graze the surface of what makes My Hero Academia the series itself so great. Read full review
60
TheWrapSimon AbramsFeb 26, 2020
Established “My Hero Academia” fans will probably enjoy Class 1-A’s typically endearing group dynamic, even if none of the jokes in the movie are that great. And their big fight with Nine is genuinely well-staged and climactic, thanks to some impressive computer graphics and director Kenji Nagasaki’s thoughtful staging and choreography. Read full review
60
SlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiFeb 24, 2020
Heroes Rising is an impressive piece of fan-service with beautiful character work and some of the most inventive and dazzling fight sequences that the series has ever seen. But a recycled plot and villain threaten to doom the film to the lower echelons of forgettable anime movies. Read full review
40
The GuardianPhil HoadFeb 26, 2020
All the exertion – fleshed out in visuals that veer from Astro Boy-aping cutesiness to interestingly rough closeups, as if the animation itself is fraying in the heat of battle – pays diminishing dividends. The panoply of powers begin to seem interchangeable, the character arcs dim. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 3, 2020
But as a movie, is the story or the animation worth a 104 minute investment in time? Maybe if you’re really young and time is something you’ve got a lot of. Yeah, you can pick up on (more or less) what’s happening within a few minutes. But I can’t say it’s really worth it. Read full review
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