Nope
Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 22, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 64 Critic Reviews
Positive:
54
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Observer (UK)Mark KermodeAug 14, 2022
The film too often seems to be heading somewhere extraordinary, only to disappear into an ambitious conceptual hole that, while occasionally startling, is ultimately less than the sum of its parts. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanJul 20, 2022
Nope doesn’t have a plot so much as a series of happenings that spill out in an impressionistic and arbitrary way. Logic often takes a back seat, and that has the unfortunate effect of lessening our involvement. Read full review
60
BBCCaryn JamesJul 20, 2022
And as always in Peele films, clues and echoes are so detailed and carefully planted that it's hard to spot everything the first time through. He is still a master filmmaker, and even a mediocre Jordan Peele film is better than the strongest film of an ordinary director. Nope is that mediocre film. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubTodd GilchristJul 20, 2022
What Nope lacks is not ambition or ideas, but clarity, which is why the appropriate response to it is not a resounding yes, but alright, not bad—what else have you got? Read full review
58
Vanity FairRichard LawsonJul 20, 2022
As Nope swerves and reels, it often seems distracted by itself, unable to hold its focus on any one thing long enough for deeper meaning, or feeling, to coalesce. Read full review
55
PolygonRobert DanielsJul 20, 2022
Nope is an idea more than a story. It’s a collection of individually captivating scenes, as opposed to an intriguing whole. It’s a handsome picture, but Peele is far too impressed with its handsomeness to work on populating it with fully felt characters. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithJul 22, 2022
Mr. Peele has loads of ideas and builds up considerable suspense and dread, but he fails to tie everything together with a resounding final act. Read full review
50
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJul 20, 2022
This ultimately feels like four very promising movies mashed together, with spectacular highlights bumping into each other in a way that’s ultimately lacking, even as they all demonstrate the prowess and bravado of the filmmaker. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 20, 2022
There is something clotted and heavy about this film, with sadly not enough of the humour for which Peele justly became celebrated in his double-act days with Keegan-Michael Key. It’s not the positive response I wanted to have. Read full review
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