86
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100IGNIGNBig ambitions inspire great designs; little things bring them to life. Nausicaa has both in abundance.
- 100Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderThe action sequences are as suspenseful as any in the director's career; the most impressive scenes, though, may be the slower ones, which consider how humanity might evolve after driving itself to near extinction.
- 90The New YorkerMichael SragowThe New YorkerMichael SragowHayao Miyazaki’s animated adventure, from 1984, is a magnificent anomaly—a rousing vision of scorched earth.
- 90Time OutTime OutStellar stuff.
- 80EmpireWilliam ThomasEmpireWilliam ThomasDreamlike Ghibli animation that's well worth seeking out.
- 75The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe film is good-hearted, energetic, and full of Ghibli's characteristically beautiful hand-rendered animation, but it's also lightweight and hyper, with none of Miyazaki's more resonant themes.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerMiyazaki’s first hit fascinates as a glimpse into the master’s then-developing style, even when the final-act storytelling gets woozy.