Nimona
Netflix | Release Date: June 23, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussJun 20, 2023
Amid scattershot pop culture references, flying cars and squads of armored knights with laser-guided crossbows, Nimona makes a cry for acceptance that has mythic resonance. Read full review
100
ColliderMarco Vito OddoJun 15, 2023
With eye-popping animation, a fresh story that challenges tropes, and an energetic voice performance by Chloë Grace Moretz as the titular character, Nimona is nothing less than a triumph. Read full review
90
Screen RantFerdosa AbdiJun 30, 2023
It’s pretty darn great. It’s goofy, endearing, darkly funny, and incredibly relevant. Read full review
90
IGNSamantha NelsonJun 16, 2023
It’s a beautifully animated film that never loses sight of its goals as it seamlessly blends goofy humor and action, an imaginative setting, and powerful emotional moments to produce a memorable and highly relevant family film. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubJun 30, 2023
Nimona is an incredibly fun character who is animated very expressively even in her regular human-ish form, and energetically voiced by Moretz, but by the tropes of Arthurian-style romances, she could only be classified as a "monster." The story admiringly delves into how such monsters are in fact created by a society that refuses to accept their differences. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreJul 6, 2023
What makes Nimona so refreshing is that it doesn’t just plunk these characters onscreen as a contribution to the battered cause of representation — it also has something to say about them and their respective relationships with the status quo. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJun 30, 2023
Nimona is imaginative and boisterous, just like its main character — the kind of inspirational free spirit who gets a kick out of shocking and tormenting anyone who won’t just let her be who she is. Read full review
80
Paste MagazineAutumn WrightJun 30, 2023
Nimona is a legend for the freaks and the queers, a story told in figures, archetypes and tropes. Nimona understands that villains are often made villainous for their bodies and identities. Nimona embraces queer coding and turns it into a subversive power fantasy. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJun 26, 2023
It’s a rambunctious adventure, certainly. But it’s also a film that argues for tolerance and LGBTQ+ acceptance. Read full review
80
EmpireBen TravisJun 20, 2023
Both enthusiastically irreverent and deeply sincere, Nimona is a revisionist fairytale that forges its own path visually and narratively to beautiful effect. Insert celebratory shark-dance here. Read full review
80
SlashfilmRafael MotamayorJun 14, 2023
Nimona lives and dies by its main character, and it greatly succeeds in adding to the canon of great animated protagonists. Despite some rocky visual choices, this is a film worth the wait. Read full review
75
IndieWireChristian ZilkoJun 30, 2023
What could have been a generic piece of standard Netflix fare in less skillful hands ends up being a nuanced story of belonging that’s slightly less cliche-ridden than you might expect. Read full review
75
The Associated PressLindsey BahrJun 22, 2023
A powerful, shapeshifting teenage girl and a disgraced knight-in-training suspected of killing a beloved queen are at the heart of Nimona, a vibrant and irreverent animated adventure set in a futuristic fantasy kingdom. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 30, 2023
It’s a fast and sometimes funny fantasy with an anime vibe. Jokes and sight-gags are more important than plot originality or coherence or characters that are little more than caricatures. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonJun 29, 2023
Attention has been paid; it’s just not equally distributed. The tone is uneasy teetering on anarchic, veering from giddily moronic one-liners to — more shockingly — a climax with deep empathy and visual awe. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 22, 2023
Nimona is likable and engaging entertainment that finds its way through self-created chaos to some humane life-lessons. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsJun 30, 2023
A few compelling emotions and themes are suggested but rarely well expressed in Nimona, a sometimes cute but mostly hyper and overextended animated sci-fi fantasy. Read full review
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