The Kazakh language version of Nomad premiered in Kazakhstan on 6 July 2005.
The film was released in the United States on March 16, 2007 (limited release) and March 30, 2007 (wide release).[3]
І том “Алмас қылыш”
(баспа “Шығыс-Батыс”, София, 2006)
ІІ том “Жанталас”
(баспа “Шығыс-Батыс”, София, 2007)
ІІІ том “Хан Кене”
(баспа “Шығыс-Батыс”, София, 2008)[4]
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Nomad has an approval rating of 6% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 16 reviews, and an average rating of 4.4/10.[5]
On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 49 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[6]
Variety critic Leslie Felperin, who viewed the film at the Locarno Film Festival wrote that, "nearly every tenge (Kazakhstan's local currency) and euro from French-based co-production partner Wild Bunch is visible on screen, judging by pic's elaborate costumes, sets and cast of a thousand or so — real people not digitally generated extras", and that co-directors "Passer and Bodrov, assisted by (per credits) 'local director' Talgat Temenov, have enough skill to make Nomad compelling by dint of old-school sincerity and sheer spectacle. [...] [the cast shows] the necessary displays of athletic prowess and toothsome looks, particularly from the virile Becker".[7]
In the United States, it was a box office bomb, as the film was only able to scrape $79,123. While most of the critics enjoyed the cinematography and the action scenes, they criticized the film for rudimentary acting, confused directing and, for some critics who saw the English version, poor dubbing. The critics especially noted that the film had very poor screenwriting, for lines such as a scene between Mansur (Kuno Becker) and Gauhar (Ayan Yesmagambetova):
Mansur: 'You have the scent of the moon.'
Gauhar: 'Does the moon have a scent?'[8]