Movie Review: Nimona 7-10-23
Nimona tells the story of supervillain named Ballister Blackheart, an ex-knight with a bionic arm. One day, he hires a new sidekick named Nimona, a mischievous shapeshifting teenager who yearns to hurt others for pleasure. Ballister and Nimona go on a mission to clear his name and get revenge on the deceitful Director.
Nimona is clearly an Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature with a story that stays true to the source material, animation that you won’t believe was done by the same people who worked on Ice Age, engaging three-dimensional characters, and a positive message about treating others as you want to be treated.
In a similar fashion Zootopia and The Bad Guys, both Ballister and Nimona don’t like how people seem them. Nimona doesn’t want to be viewed as a girl or a monster: They’re Nimona.
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| Is it me, or does Nimona here look like an extra from Zootopia? |
There’s also a lot of LGBTQ representation in the movie, almost as much as Steven Universe and The Owl House. For example, Ballister has both a grudge and a crush on the kingdom’s hero, the gold-covered Ambrosius Goldenloin.
If there’s one thing I have to nitpick, however, it would be how Nimona themselves looks in the movie. The graphic novels depict Nimona as a plus-size character, but in the movie, they’re a lot skinnier. Here's Nimona in the movie...
And here's Nimona from the original strips! Why does she look different?
In conclusion, Nimona is still one of the best animated movies of the year so far, and I’m happy Netflix revived the project. It would be a miracle upon miracles if someone were to revive the cancelled DreamWorks film BOO: Bureau of Otherworldly Observations.
However, I do have a warning to those parents reading this: This movie is not meant for single-digit kids, as there’s a good amount of violence.
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
