The website's critical consensus reads, "It may not change many minds regarding Showgirls, but You Don't Nomi is a solidly entertaining postmortem of an infamous flop.

[8] Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote "You Don't Nomi takes "Showgirls" seriously, obsessively, looking at it from every angle, presenting a chorus of critical voices who analyze the film in ways that are highly enlightening and provocative".

[10] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote, "You Don't Nomi takes many shots at Hollywood hypocrisy, but scores its most cutting points when it shows instead of tells".

[11] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com wrote, "The critical rehabilitation of Paul Verhoeven's 1995 "Showgirls" continues apace with "You Don't Nomi," a documentary that wants to appear inventive but too often comes off as affected".

[12] KC Ifeanyi of Fast Company wrote that "You Don't Nomi is thoughtfully constructed cine-essay on how Showgirls evolved into the cult classic we know it as today".