On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 9.43/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "A poetic character study on the forgotten and downtrodden, Nomadland beautifully captures the restlessness left in the wake of the Great Recession."[2] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 97 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[10]