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Flow

Name: Flow
Director: Gints Zilbalodis
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Family
Released: 2024
Duration: 1 h 24 min

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Adventure
Fantasy

2024
Gints Zilbalodis
84 mins
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After their home is destroyed by a flood, a resourceful cat joins a ragtag team of animals for a grand adventure.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Steve Morrissey

A clutch of animals on a boat drift through a drowned world in this inventive film from Latvian animator Gints Zilbalodis, which won the best animated feature film Oscar. Zilbalodis does not mention the phrase "global warming" - in fact no words are uttered in this film, either on screen, in voiceover or by subtitle. Instead, we are invited to interpret the mews, barks, chirrups and squeaks of the timid cat, exuberant dog, avaricious lemur, arrogant bird and dozy capybara as they face one (not particularly urgent) challenge after another. Zilbalodis made his 2019 debut Away entirely on his own. This time, his small team conjures up a gorgeous-looking adventure, which is all the more impressive given the fact that they used only free and open-source computer software to create the film's engaging visuals. Particular care is taken over the rendering of light, water and the huge inquisitive eyes of the cat, the "hero character. There's a touch of anthropomorphism, but it's not overdone. The only real criticism is that there's no strong dramatic thread, although as individual episodes it works brilliantly and is undeniably very cute.

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7.8/10