X
- 2022
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 10 m
- 2022
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 10 m
Summary Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
Directed By: Jordan Peele
Written By: Jordan Peele
- 2022
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 10 m
- 2022
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 10 m
Nope
77
6.2
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Summary Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
Directed By: Jordan Peele
Written By: Jordan Peele
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 64 Critic Reviews
77
84% Positive
54 Reviews
54 Reviews
14% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 64 Critic Reviews
77
84% Positive
54 Reviews
54 Reviews
14% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Peele, really, is the magician disguised as a filmmaker. Nope is the sleight of hand so slick you’ll never question how the trick was pulled off.
Nope is one of the great movies about moviemaking, about the moral and spiritual implications of cinematic representation itself—especially the representation of people at the center of American society who are treated as its outsiders. It is an exploitation film—which is to say, a film about exploitation and the cinematic history of exploitation as the medium’s very essence.
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 457 User Ratings
6.2
58% Positive
263 Ratings
263 Ratings
23% Mixed
107 Ratings
107 Ratings
19% Negative
87 Ratings
87 Ratings
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 457 User Ratings
6.2
58% Positive
263 Ratings
263 Ratings
23% Mixed
107 Ratings
107 Ratings
19% Negative
87 Ratings
87 Ratings
Director Jordan Peele is one of those who take everything seriously and go for the new. This western-fiction-horror hybrid is like a delicately made delicacy and must be eaten slowly to recognize its flavor. It's a lot of effort but it's worth it. One of the biggest surprises of the year.
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The movie is a bit long, and the culmination overstays its welcome. That is the only section of the movie where the viewer is a step ahead — and therefore it doesn’t sizzle like what came before. Yet the visual splendor of the sequence also proves the director has a flair for the epic we didn’t know about before. And that makes me all the more excited for the next “Untitled Jordan Peele Project.
It would be unsporting to say more but, simply put, there are moments of unalloyed terror (juxtaposed with a crowd-pleasing giddiness) that make Nope worth not just seeing on the big screen but with as huge a crowd as possible.
The film’s fantastical meta-commentaries don’t completely cohere but have a winning go-for-it audaciousness.
Nope has also already had some critics throwing out less than favorable M. Night Shyamalan references. But it is full of vibrant life, too. It goes a long way in forgiving the reveal, which I’d even argue is beside the point. This is a film that offers a lot to chew on, which is more than most big summer spectacles can promise.
Every so often an obviously talented person makes a bad movie, and that’s what we have in Nope. The talent is there, the movie is dead on the screen.
Made in 2022, it is a movie that contains suspense, horror and sci-fi elements. Yes, there is a lot of nonsense. Yes, the element of fear is almost absent. But the movie is watched with interest. I can't say I was bored for 2 hours. But I can say that it ended with a very funny finale. At first, I thought that the monkey at the beginning of the movie was killing people as aliens brutalizing animals, but it turned out it had nothing to do with it. But really the most impressive scene was the monkey scene. And when I thought the red balloon was a human head, I thought it was more scary. It was nice to have the cloud still. I wish they hadn't opened that flying creature like a torn curtain. The movie can be enjoyed with the family.
There are no nudity or sexually explicit scenes in the movie.
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Being a fan of both 'Us' and 'Get Out', I was very disappointed with 'Nope' after finally watching it recently. For starters, the total runtime should have been cut down by 40 minutes being that it is a 2 hour movie. I found myself extremely bored most of the time but I ended up pushing forward to see who the antagonist is at the end. I was also curious to see why Daniel Kaluuya was looking 'up' in the movie cover photo and my theory was actually correct after barely making it to the final part of the film. 'Nope' did not capture my attention like 'Us' and 'Get Out' did so I will have to give this film a solid 'Nope'.
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Production Company
Universal Pictures,
Dentsu,
Monkeypaw Productions,
The Government of Canada Income Tax Credit Program
Release Date Jul 22, 2022
Duration 2 h 10 m
Rating R
Tagline A new terror from the mind of Academy Award winner Jordan Peele.
Awards
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2 Wins & 10 Nominations
Black Reel Awards
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
North Carolina Film Critics Association
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
