Max, the streamer owner of HBO and Discovery, has a tonne Big films available to watch on the platform … But right now, an animated film without any dialogue is one of its most watched films.
Directed and designed by Gints Zilbalodis, “Flow”, an animated film which was created at the Annecy Film Festival last summer and serves as a warning on the dangers of climate change, is an nomine for the Oscars for the Better animation feature, and it is also one of the most popular films climate members on Max at the moment (by Flixpatrol). While people can look for the film on a computer, a dreamy and sometimes surrealist thanks to its sign of Oscar’s head, they are probably pleasantly surprised by its quality. So, what is the “flow” (what Zilbalodis wrote alongside Matīss Kaža), and why does he have no dialogue?
Well, the simple and relatively flip answer on the dialogue thing is that animals cannot speak; Obviously, a plot Animated films ignore this real aspect, but “Flow” makes the interesting choice to keep its “cast” entirely non -human silent. The first character we meet is a black cat who meets a bunch of dogs fighting for fish in a forest stream, and after the floods in the area, the cat and a Labrador Retriever manage to escape and finally meet on A boat with a Capybara. A lemur joins them shortly after and while they are all trying to move to a flooded world and save all the other living beings they see, animals bind themselves unexpectedly. So, what do the criticisms of this innovative and aesthetically magnificent film think, and how has he already won his place in the history of cinema?
What did criticism say about the flow?
Critics, not surprisingly, really like the “flow”. With a 97% note on Rotten tomatoes When writing these lines and a critical consensus which declares: “Thanks to its innovative animation and maturity themes, going with this” flow “is irresistible:” There is a lot Brilliant “fresh” criticisms of the award -winning film by Zilbalodis. “The entry of the black horses of Latvia into the animation Oscar Balays does not need dialogue (he does not have) or a-list voices (also absent) to qualify for beauty as a cat and Four other creatures shake a future after a cataclysmic flood erases humanity, “Peter Travers has delighted for ABC News. Meanwhile, Ty Burr, reviewed the film to The Washington Postcalled it “dreamer, epic, perilous and very beautiful”.
Movie filmAmy Nicholson also praised the film, writing: “What I felt while watching was the exhaustion and empathy of not being able to plan the world in which you live […] On this floor, I thought it was beautiful. “(Apparently, her colleague Claudia Puig shared this feeling; as she said in his own criticism“Flow” is “wonderfully made and immersive to the point where each time the poor cat was in danger, I had a knot in my stomach.”) Kristy Puchko Mashable was also a fan – as she said, “refusing to comply with her audience,” Flow “is an animated adventure that is poignant, unique, absolutely magnificent and unmissable.”
Write RollerDavid Fear came to the heart of the question, explaining precisely why “Flow” is such a special animated film. “The real point to remember is that we have to count on each other for salvation,” wrote Fear. “And it is here that this experiential experience in empathy, eco-activism and exaltation on the creative possibilities of a medium that is too often diverted to sell toys really strikes its marks.”
Since its release, Flow has made cinematographic history in several ways
As I write this, the Oscars have not yet taken place, so we do not know if “flow” will win the best animated function – but even again, it has already won a handful of important distinctions And Set some records for Latvia, the country that took it into account for the Academy. It is the first Latvian film to win a Golden Globe – he has ahead of huge competitors like “The Wild Robot” and “Inside Out 2” during the ceremony of January 5, 2025 – and according to a New York Times Profile of Gints Zilbalodis which took place on February 12, it is now one of the most profitable films in Latvian history. (“We beat James Cameron!” Zilbalodis sang at interviewer Carlos Aguilar, refer to the fact that “Flow” has exceeded the films “avatar” in the box office specifically in Latvia.)
“Flow” is also the first film Latton to win an Oscar nomination, and apparently, the country takes place to celebrate the animated film. The Golden Globe that Zilbalodis accepted in January is now exhibited at the National Latvian Museum of the Art of the Capital of the Pays de Riga, and as Aguilar, it is “kept” by two cat statues. “It’s just a very good morale of morale,” Zilbaldis told Aguilar for the displayed price. “People are tired of bad news and perhaps this film represents something that seems optimistic and full of hope regarding the country’s self-esteem.” Not only that, but according to An article on X (formerly known as Twitter) of Zilbalodis himselfA statue of the cat of “Flow” also adorns a statue which spends “Riga” in the capital now.
“There is a real appetite for films like this one, which give me a lot of hope,” Zilbadolis told Aguilar before expressing a last hope: “The people of the world who may not have Having heard of Latvia will have heard about it now. ” Now that the “flow” is available to broadcast on Max (and given the number of people who look at it), he can simply get his wish.
