6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Comedy, Music • 2026 • 116 min • Adults (18+)
Nimrods (2026)
Nimrods (2026)
Overview
Three teenage friends drive from Kansas City to Los Angeles convinced their band is opening for Green Day on New Year's Eve. The premise is a road-trip comedy built on youthful ambition, punk energy, and the kind of spectacular miscommunication that only happens before you check your email twice. The Leans Traditional label fits because the story's emotional engine runs on parental validation, friendship loyalty, and personal growth through shared adventure. There are no political angles, no identity-politics friction, and no LGBTQ or religious threads. Punk rock is the backdrop, not a manifesto. The R rating suggests some adult humor, but the overall sensibility is a classic coming-of-age story in a well-worn American road-trip frame.
Starring Cast
Mckenna Grace • Mason Thames • Jenna Fischer
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
Three teenage friends drive from Kansas City to Los Angeles convinced their band is opening for Green Day on New Year's Eve. The premise is a road-trip comedy built on youthful ambition, punk energy, and the kind of spectacular miscommunication that only happens before you check your email twice. The Leans Traditional label fits because the story's emotional engine runs on parental validation, friendship loyalty, and personal growth through shared adventure. There are no political angles, no identity-politics friction, and no LGBTQ or religious threads. Punk rock is the backdrop, not a manifesto. The R rating suggests some adult humor, but the overall sensibility is a classic coming-of-age story in a well-worn American road-trip frame.
Starring Cast
Mckenna Grace • Mason Thames • Jenna Fischer
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Medium
Nimrods traces a group of teenagers chasing their musical dreams in a road-trip story loosely drawn from Green Day’s early years, framing punk energy as a vehicle for personal growth and camaraderie rather than ideological confrontation.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium
Nimrods centers on three white teenage friends driving cross-country for a chance to open for Green Day, delivering a lighthearted coming-of-age comedy built around energetic punk music and familiar road-trip antics.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium
Nimrods frames family life through the lens of teenage characters seeking recognition and validation from their parents during a coming-of-age road trip, positioning parental acknowledgment as a key emotional driver without exploring marriage, gender roles, or extended family structures.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low
Nimrods follows three friends on a cross-country road trip to meet their punk rock idols, focusing on youthful adventure and music without any LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
Nimrods centers on three teens driving across the country to chase punk rock dreams with no transgender characters or themes present in the story.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Nimrods centers on three original teenage characters who form a band called the Analog Dogs while on a road trip, alongside supporting roles such as Tommy and Wayne's mother Jodie, with no established figures from prior source material or history reimagined in a different gender.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Nimrods centers on an original fictional high school band from Kansas City whose members have no established racial depiction in prior source material. The lead roles are played by actors whose portrayals align with the characters as newly created for the film, producing no race swaps.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low
Not depicted.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.0
7.2
Critic Ratings
7.2
5.5
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