Most critics find The Adventures of Pluto Nash a flat science-fiction comedy that wastes its cast and gets too few laughs from its lunar nightclub setting. Eight of the nine reviews are negative, with none positive. The limited praise clusters around the supporting players and occasional diversions rather than the story: cameos, visual gags and moments of amiability offer brief relief. Variety singles out Rosario Dawson as the most refreshing presence among actors otherwise given little worthwhile to do.
The reservations centre on weak jokes, listless execution and an underdeveloped future setting, though the production design divides opinion. The Los Angeles Times counts it among the few redeeming features; The AV Club finds it ugly. The Guardian supplies the sole mixed assessment, seeing reasonably lively, familiar entertainment that looks tired. That is a modest dissent from a consensus which finds the comic possibilities largely squandered.