It is based on the life of Nikifor, a folk and naïve painter.
Basing on 8 critics, My Nikifor holds an 88% rank on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 6/10.
[2] Wally Hammond of Time Out gave the film 3 out of 5 and called acting as "solid".
[3] In a review for Variety, Leslie Felperin wrote: "Though in most respects a conventional painter's biopic, My Nikifor has some interesting warps in its canvas".
[4] According to Thomas Dawson of BBC, the film "is a spare yet affecting cinematic portrait".