Nautilus
AMC | Release Date: June 29, 2025
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
ColliderMaggie BoccellaJun 30, 2025
Season 1 Review: With a leading man you can’t take your eyes off of and an adventure that’ll leave you hovering on the edge of your seat, Nautilus is comfort food at its finest and a classic in the making, one you should force everyone you know to sit down and watch. Read full review
80
DeciderJoel KellerJun 30, 2025
Season 1 Review: Nautilus is a visually fun, family-friendly new chapter in the story of Captain Nemo, which keeps the action moving throughout its first episode. Read full review
80
RogerEbert.comCristina EscobarJun 27, 2025
Season 1 Review: “Nautilus” shows the human cost and terrible harm of the Company’s historical power grab. But it’s also a rocking good time, an adventure worthy of its budget, with a set of heroes worthy of our allegiance, attention, and admiration. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonJun 26, 2025
Season 1 Review: “Nautilus” is a hard series not to like, given it has very few pretentions, a devotion to high adventure and a freewheeling approach to killing off characters and twisting the plot—all the while maintaining some fealty to Verne. .... He [H.G. Wells] was also enormously popular. “Nautilus” should be, too. Read full review
72
Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewRob OwenJun 24, 2025
Season 1 Review: Embracing steampunk stylings, “Nautilus” is a serialized, family-friendly adventure with decent special effects. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJun 30, 2025
Season 1 Review: It can be slow at times, which is not inappropriate to a show that takes place largely underwater. But that its structure is essentially episodic keeps “Nautilus” colorful and more interesting than if it were simply stretched on the rack of a long arc across its 10 episodes. Read full review
70
IGNDevan SuberJun 25, 2025
Season 1 Review: It may stumble in the home stretch – and it could’ve fleshed out the crew a lot earlier – but in the end, Nautilus rights itself. Some boring storylines for the villains can be forgiven when there are giant eels to fight off. Read full review
60
Screen RantSarah MoranAug 29, 2025
Season 1 Review: Nautilus is an entertaining enough series, but there’s nothing particularly remarkable that will make it stand out. And in today’s television landscape, that could be its downfall. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Roxana HadadiJun 25, 2025
Season 1 Review: Nautilus is bold in its changes to Captain Nemo’s story — new monsters, new villains — but imitative to other genre series in execution, and the vibe is a little didactic. Read full review
60
The TelegraphBenji WilsonOct 29, 2024
Season 1 Review: Nautilus barrels along with the best intentions, is at times exciting… but its characters do say some corny old cobblers. Read full review
50
TV InsiderMatt RoushJun 30, 2025
Season 1 Review: There’s a reason, not entirely financial, that Disney+ jettisoned this flimsy but diverting flotsam after it was already produced. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubSaloni GajjarJun 23, 2025
Season 1 Review: The project still has a Disney-fied, colorful, and family-centric vibe. But the show feels like a genre-clashing history lesson that’s neither informative nor fun. Read full review
40
The GuardianJack SealeOct 29, 2024
Season 1 Review: Latif and Flood are fine, albeit in roles where the script keeps leaving them one or two killer moments short in every episode. Beyond them, the trouble starts. Read full review
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