I enjoyed the animation style of "Nimona," a bit edgier than the rounded, super-polished look of Pixar movies, with a healthy nod to Japanese anime thrown in for good measure. I also liked what it was about, a timely message about how quickly we jump to judgements and conclusions based on fear or programmed biases or only fragments of the story that reinforce what we already want to believe. But a certain sameness has settled over most animated films these days, and "Nimona" suffers from it. It's like they all start with the same template and tweak just enough here and there to be different from one another, but not too different. My family enjoyed this movie but I don't know that any of us were wowed by it, though my 12-year old has asked if he can watch it again, so there's that.
I will say it has one of the most attractive main characters I've seen in an animated movie for a long time, voiced well by Riz Ahmed.
Grade: A-
I will say it has one of the most attractive main characters I've seen in an animated movie for a long time, voiced well by Riz Ahmed.
Grade: A-