FLOW Movie Review - Best Animated Feature of 2024?

[@KURBADS2005]

One of the best movies I saw this year. Will pull at your heartstrings, no doubt.

[@garretgaston1660]

You're so right about this film, it's stunningly beautiful, visually and emotionally. You hit on the key word several times, I think: empathy. I can't think of another film that engages our empathy so fully. It's phenomenal, it's inspiring.

[@magdi4714]

The animation has an unusual style Everything is so beautiful and magnetic, every frame could be an amazing background. The movie was so calm, yet so tense in some parts I loved the detail on cat's eyes

[@MuckMan_Movies]

I saw Flow today at my local film fest. A visually stunning animated film with an animalistic beating heart! Loved it.

[@durthed]

This is such a wonderful movie, up there in my top five of all time! I enjoyed every moment of their adventures.

[@PointsofReview]

@@durthed I'm so happy to hear that!

[@mintman325]

I am just so happy that international animation is finally getting recognized other than Japan. I love anime, however with Flow, The Glassworker, and Memoir Of a Snail, I think that animation is finally hitting its stride. Disney is good Dreamworks can be great. It’s time people learn that good animated movies can come from anywhere

[@PointsofReview]

@@mintman325 100%.

[@weeraanmelden]

I saw the holdovers first week of january, and it long held title of best movie of 2024 for me, until I saw this gem. What a movie 🤩

[@PointsofReview]

@@weeraanmelden The Holdovers is another great one!

[@phantomkitten73]

For me, nothing will beat Hundreds of Beavers, but this got pretty close.

[@minimal1017]

From my point of view, the movie “Flow” is a touching and visually stunning representation of how a cat experiences the devastation of its home due to flooding caused by the construction of a dam. Observing the abandoned houses and the submerged environment, it is easy to imagine that this event, from the cat’s perspective, feels like an apocalypse. The narrative of “Flow” reminds me of the story of Shi Cheng in China, a city submerged underwater to make way for a dam. In both cases, human intervention in nature has drastic consequences for the original inhabitants, whether human or animal. The film poetically captures the confusion and displacement felt by the cat as it navigates a world that has changed irreversibly. Through the cat’s eyes, the flood is not just a physical event but a total transformation of its reality. The images of submerged houses and aquatic landscapes create an atmosphere of desolation and beauty at the same time, highlighting the resilience of nature and the adaptability of living beings

[@rapana6926]

I understood this film as a portrayal of two ways of life - either you leave the world behind, the people behind - even your friends or family...to ascend. Or - if having no choice, because you just are not at that level yet - or choosing "this world" and its people, your family, friends, your life - you can or literally have to choose to stay behind. At that point, the only two things that can keep you from drowning is your life purpose and your friends/close people. The portrayal was black and white... (no pun intended - quite literally it was). You either choose one or the other... and it is a very sad, very scary thing and it makes me wonder if that is all there really is... if there is no other choice. The viewer is meant to empatize with the main character - the cat - who chose to stay behind. Probably not because he did not want to, but because that is who he is, authentically... - he found the value in people around, instead of a solitude life of comfort. And he could not reach a point that the bird could. The bird did not bat an eye to leave everything behind, once it was time... once he could. I don´t know how to feel about this film, bu visually, it definitely was a beautiful movie.

[@sukruta239]

That's exactly how I felt while watching this movie you explained my unspoken words!

[@jacey534]

What a handsome kitty guy!!

[@PointsofReview]

@@jacey534 the handsomest

[@Keeter_Games]

That's so crazy cause I also have two black cats that look very similar and I felt the exact same way about the film! It's so good but intense cause I constantly saw my cats in the main cat's situation and it made it far more emotional for me.

[@bunniibunzz9345]

This would be a nice game. you can choose what animal you are and as the story goes you can also choose the original cast or different animals to join you on the boat, with each decision affecting the ending...I'd play it fs😊

[@OnyxGuard248]

What happen to the bird at the end of the movie? Was it the cause of the flood to die out?

[@Kraflyn]

what was the meaning of the gravity collapse scene please? 0o

[@PointsofReview]

That scene is inherently subjective, so I don't believe in one "absolute" explanation. To me, though, it's very much a metaphor for "letting go" and not fighting against what the world is trying to show you. Both characters begin to accept various aspects of themselves they were previously fighting against, and as a result, go with the "flow" and are taken where they need to go. Bear in mind, that's just one person's perspective!

[@Kraflyn]

@@PointsofReview Yes, but water droplets.... :3

[@PointsofReview]

@@Kraflyn Well yes, it is surreal.

[@Kraflyn]

@@PointsofReview Droplets let go too :3 At first I thought some big planet was passing by, or colliding with us... Then I thought: aliens...

[@KingCrimson82]

@@Kraflyn On one hand it is a pretty obvious death moment on the other the cat searches the artefact for his feathered friend and there is some moment of anti gravity aso. but yet the view also clearly exposig, focussing on the birds broken wing. The bird appears very moody in the end.. the bigger question is, will the water rise again, because when you wait, after the score, you will see the whale back in the water again, the same or another one.

[@sansthecomic590]

I dont know if im stupid or the movie is smart, i didint get most of it. I love cats and animals but it kinda just left me with a buch of questions. What was up with the whale at the end? Why did the water appear and disapear so suddenly? What happened to bird? It was cute and preety, i liked when the creatures united in the end overcoming their problems (greed, toxic freinds, being a capybara) but it felt... empty? Idk it just wasnt very satisfying. I feel like i should like it more but im just left feeling more confused than satisfied. Maybe i just dont understand it, if someone could maybe elaborate as to what i missed that would be great but as far as im concerened its a really, really, REALLY pretty movie that really confuses me. Am i looking to deep? Also i never cried, their was never any moments that made me sad tho i was a lil upset when lemurs mirror was broke. Am i just dumb?

[@dprezzz1561]

Well, my understanding is that the flood was caused by another planet getting close. When the bird got pulled away was the planet the closest to the other planetary body. It was a gravity from he other planet that caused everything. Of course this is how I see it, I could be wrong.

[@sasqwatch35mm]

@@dprezzz1561or may be entire movie was just an analogy. Flow means time, and it washes away all living being. And cat wasn’t a cat, it was it’s soul along with souls of other passed animals, travelling on Charon’ boat to post mortem realm. Take a closer look, in the beginning of the movie body of passed cat was quickly shown lying on the shore, these were two or three quick shots, giving just a glimpse of a hint. And movie end loops with the same shot, with the cat looking into the pool of water (like in the beginning) and seeing his reflection as a statue and realizing it actually passed away, that’s why this world is so strange with no people around

[@francisgagneart]

Great content!

[@PointsofReview]

@@francisgagneart cheers!

[@paramitadamayanti6241]

I just finished watching this movie. It's indeed beautiful. But, could someone please explain me about the ending? Somehow the world will be submerged again to save the whale? And about the bird that somehow descend?

[@ericbrown8916]

Nice, but when will it come to Apple TV+?

[@user-gy4xp2tu6f]

can someone tell me where i can download the subtitles for this movie? i dont understand the ending

[@candicraveingcloude2822]

Subtitles for a film would be for dialogue, of which there is none.

[@user-gy4xp2tu6f]

@@candicraveingcloude2822 can you tell me what happened at the end, what was the whale doing there and why it became just a puddle of water

[@kyana447]

​@@user-gy4xp2tu6fIm guessing the flood repeats, so that the sea creature can survive

[@mans2226]

The deers are running away the same as they were in the beginning of the big flood. Guess it's the second wave coming. Seems like they were heading to the higher ground/mountain where the bird was saved/abducted by god/aliens. 😂

[@nicolocorbellani9807]

I think that it's cycle where a creature of the sea and a creature of the sky are sacrificed to save the world, but it's necessary that a creature of the earth becomes the herald of the creature of the sea, the cat in this case.

[@BishoProduction]

PLEASE TELL ME WHERE I CAN WATCH!!!

[@kadiuskasantana9377]

Fire stick

[@kadiuskasantana9377]

Were you watch it

[@puterboy2]

Might as well could be an animated remake of Benji the Hunted.

[@BishoProduction]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TELL MEEEEE WHERE TO WATCH!

[@PointsofReview]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but would you like to know where you can watch this? You haven't been very clear. It will depend on where exactly you are, but it is getting a November/December release in most countries. You will have to check with your country/region specifically, but most likely those two months!

[@BishoProduction]

@@PointsofReview thanks

[@Cranberry38]

@@PointsofReview im in latvia, which is the country where this movie was made, so its been here from the moment it released

[@BishoProduction]

@@Cranberry38 ok, thanks

[@BishoProduction]

where can i watch!!!

[@tavainallen2635]

Fmovies

[@janisliepins]

in AMC in November

[@XzangoX]

What with the bird???

[@kadiuskasantana9377]

He dead

[@kadiuskasantana9377]

I think he did a sacrifice to the storm

[@bronquitis890]

Its a beautiful film, but I don't think it's the best animated feature of all times, as some say.

[@diarraanzanis6271]

Jadiin game dong

[@Adriana-rf1lp]

Flow kills the wild robot!! (I have a black cat either)

[@sansthecomic590]

Honestly I preferred the wild robot tbh. Flow had too many unanswered questions and left me feeling kinda empty, I know its just preference but all I see is just a really pretty movie with to little screen time to awnser everything.

[@Adriana-rf1lp]

@@sansthecomic590 The Wild Robot does the same thing. We go back to movies like Bambie. I can't believe after Shrek, WALL-E, Despicable Me, Coco, someone thinks The Wild Robot is a good movie.

[@sansthecomic590]

@@Adriana-rf1lp i mean it is tho

[@lowisca]

both are amazingly done movies, I liked the wild robot more because I felt connected to it, but Flow is a masterpiece.

[@endrizo]

too bad they could not help the whale at the end

[@BlkDonte]

You didn't catch the end credits

[@endrizo]

@@BlkDonte yes i saw it now... thanks.

[@kadiuskasantana9377]

I watched the movie on fire stick

[@kadiuskasantana9377]

The whale died at the end of

[@kadiuskasantana9377]

The bird died

[@IsireliSeniloli]

Animation wasn't seem realistic

[@candicraveingcloude2822]

Not all animation needs to look extremely realistic to be good. This one went for a more stylistic approach and that is okay.

[@AliRezaAhmadi-zm4qn]

flow wasnt that good to be honest. I didnt understand the meaning with the animation and because of that it felt long boring animation.

[@candicraveingcloude2822]

That's okay. Different people need different things to understand a film. Flow is one that requires a lot of your attention and sometimes it sits on moments for longer than you'd expect.

[@AliRezaAhmadi-zm4qn]

@@candicraveingcloude2822 what do u mean by it sits on mom

[@candicraveingcloude2822]

@@AliRezaAhmadi-zm4qn Huh, I said it sits on moments, not mom. idk how you missed four letters, which are ents. is something wrong with your device?

[@AliRezaAhmadi-zm4qn]

@@candicraveingcloude2822 I think so

[@kadiuskasantana9377]

Stop acting like your the only person to watched the movie

[@PointsofReview]

@@kadiuskasantana9377 ?