I watched Nimona on the weekend, it kind of took over my life briefly. It was a blue sky project that spent several years in development before being sold on when the studio closed, bought up by netflix, set to release during the pandemic, then delayed. Let's say my expectations were low but a depth chage came along and blew them sky high.
I don't think I've laughed as much in just under 2 hours in a very long time. Nimona herself was an absolute cherry bomb and I liked her character from minute zero. This only improved as the movie went on.
Ballister was voiced Riz Ahmed and let me say he killed it! He nailed every emotional bit, he was sincere and funny and sometimes sarcastic. Lots of spice in his character!
Ambrosious was well developed and very well voice acted. I liked his character more than I expected to honestly and although we don't get a huge amount of him on screen, his presence made up for that.
As for supporting cast, Todd was fine. Maybe a little overstated but I never hated him more than a hateable character should be! The director was very imposing and stole every scene she was in.
Over all, I really enjoyed it. It was a super fun romp and there's a little bit of something for almost anyone!
Hadn't heard of this before seeing this post the other day. I watched it the other night and really enjoyed it!
The initial dramatic moment was a surprise. Nimona stole the show from the moment she showed up. Had a ton of real laugh it loud moments (evil toddler) and her backstory was touching. Third act was pretty intense.
I personally would have liked it better without the last 3 seconds of the movie. I read up on the graphic novel, and I think I would have enjoyed that ending more. Might read that in the near future, it sounds a bit more intense/adult. The movie seemed toned down a bit for a teen audience, but that didn't affect my enjoyment.
Overall, I'd say it was pretty high tier. I was thinking while watching it I couldn't think of an animated movie I'd enjoyed this much since Coraline. I'd recommend it to anyone that is mature enough to see grown animated men hold hands a few times and kiss. There isn't really any kind of romance plotline to it, it's just shown they're dating and that's it, NBD.