Flow is an animated adventure about a cat and a flood. In a nameless jungle the cat prowls, tries to steal a fish from a pack of dogs, flees but is interrupted by a massive flood. The cat hops on a boat with a capybara and the two gather other animal friends as they travel towards a distant monolith.
The animation style is simple but rich and the characterization of the animals is complex. There's no dialogue and relatively minimal scoring, its more an experience than a narrative, which is fine although at 90 minutes the film drags, it feels like a short that was expanded into a feature. There's, seemingly, a lot of ideas here(is this a biblical fable? environmental?) but its all rendered in relatively vague, abstract terms in a way that we are meant to interpret.
This is clearly meant to be an adult piece of animation which is commendable although if the animals can sail ships and have sophisticated social interactions it feels kinda silly not to just have them talk. Nonetheless it looks great, is unique, if lacking some thematic oomph.
Interesting if not particularly engaging.
Currently in theaters, coming soon to VOD.
Rent It.
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