Nope (2022)
59%RT Audience Score: 68%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Admirable for its originality and ambition even when its reach exceeds its grasp, Nope adds Spielbergian spectacle to Jordan Peele’s growing arsenal.
It may not be the movie you think you’re going to get — or even the one you want — but either way, Nope leaves a strong impression as a true Jordan Peele original.
Production Company(ies)
Alien, Ensemble, Monkeypaw Productions, Universal Pictures
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Los Angeles, California, United States; Los Angeles Thirty Mile Zone, California, United States
MPAA / Certificate
R
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, Dolby, Dolby Surround 7.1
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Aspect ratio:2.20 : 12.35 : 1(original ratio)2.39 : 1(original ratio)
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Runtime:2h 15m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jul 22, 2022 Wide
Genre(s)
Horror/Mystery & thriller
Keyword(s)
horror, mystery, thriller, sci-fi, Jordan Peele, directed by Jordan Peele, written by Jordan Peele, produced by Jordan Peele, produced by Ian Cooper, starring Daniel Kaluuya, starring Keke Palmer, starring Steven Yeun, starring Michael Wincott, starring Brandon Perea, starring Barbie Ferreira, reviewed by Donald Clarke, reviewed by Wenlei Ma, reviewed by Sandra Hall, reviewed by Danny Leigh, reviewed by Linda Marric, reviewed by Clarisse Loughrey, reviewed by Alan Corr, reviewed by Demetrios Matheou, reviewed by Dulcie Pearce, reviewed by Brian Viner, reviewed by Allan Hunter, reviewed by Ella Kemp, R rating, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, California, horse ranch, theme park, alien phenomenon, box office, $98.0M, 2h 15m
Worldwide gross: $171,235,592
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $171,235,592
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 775
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 18,673,456
US/Canada gross: $123,277,080
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $123,277,080
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 610
US/Canada opening weekend: $44,366,910
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $44,366,910
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 271
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $68,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $68,000,000
Production budget ranking: 600
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $36,618,000
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $66,617,592
ROI to date (est.): 64%
ROI ranking: 1,079
Keke Palmer – Emerald Haywood
Steven Yeun – Ricky “Jupe” Park
Michael Wincott – Antlers Holst
Brandon Perea – Angel Torres
Barbie Ferreira – Nessie
Jordan Peele – Director/Writer/Producer
Ian Cooper – Producer
Director(s)
Jordan Peele
Writer(s)
Jordan Peele
Producer(s)
Jordan Peele, Ian Cooper
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (346) | Top Critics (79) | Fresh (284) | Rotten (62)
[Peele] may never again make a film so elegantly structured as Get Out (who has?), but the ferment of interlocking ideas here is so diverting it hardly matters that the film is more at home to a meander than steady ascent.
August 13, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Donald Clarke
Irish Times
TOP CRITIC
Nope is nothing if not a spectacle. Peele wants you to look and he wants you to think about the exercise of looking and consuming – and he has all the tricks to hypnotise and bewitch his audiences so they never look away.
August 12, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5
Wenlei Ma
News.com.au
TOP CRITIC
There’s nothing wrong with taking chances, but this effort plays as if [Jordan Peele] made a list of some of his favourite preoccupations and set about trying to paste them together with nothing stronger than unadulterated optimism.
August 11, 2022 | Rating: 2.5/5
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
Flaws and all, the beauty of Nope is being two things at once. Art and cheap thrills, popcorn and provocation, blockbuster and brainfood: the old, mixed-up formula that is still cinema’s secret weapon.
August 11, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Danny Leigh
Financial Times
TOP CRITIC
At times one feels as though Peele’s film is trying to do too many things all at once yet barely succeeding at making the points it seeks to make.
August 11, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
Linda Marric
The Jewish Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
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.
August 10, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Clarisse Loughrey
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
It’s a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, but it never quite unlocks its own internal logic. As summer blockbusters go, that’s more than enough.
August 12, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Alan Corr
RTÉ (Ireland)
For a time, Nope actually feels like a step up… It’s a surprise, then, when Peele doesn’t sustain the magic, and this outing descends into something of a mess – an engaging, far-out mess, but a mess nonetheless.
August 12, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
Demetrios Matheou
The Arts Desk
The script’s sharp humour, visual gags and expert line delivery provide hilarious moments of relief to the horrifying tension of this overarching predatory threat.
August 12, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Dulcie Pearce
The Sun (UK)
Imagine a cocktail, so full of ingredients that you can’t taste any of them properly. That sums up the muddled narrative of this film.
August 12, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
Brian Viner
Daily Mail (UK)
Peele is very good at building suspense and you are constantly wondering where the story is heading.
August 12, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Allan Hunter
Daily Express (UK)
Everything about Nope is best when it sucks you in by surprise and swallows you whole.
August 12, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Ella Kemp
WeLoveCinema…
Plot
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
When the MAD magazine cover of Gordy’s rampage is shown near the beginning of the film, the issue date is July 1997. Every other time it is mentioned in the movie, including when Gordy’s actual rampage is shown, the incident is said to have taken place in 1998.
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