Joseph Szadkowski of The Washington Times praised the design decisions made in the making of the movie and, specifically, called the fight between Laira and her father one of the best animated hand-to-hand combat sequences that he had ever seen.
《华盛顿时报》的约瑟夫·斯扎德科夫斯基赞许了在制作电影时所作的设计决策，而且特别称莱拉和她父亲的战斗时的打斗场面是他曾见过最好的动画白刃战之一。