"Gints Zilbalodis’s animated feature is movingly attuned to its characters’ primal instincts."
— Steven Nguyen Scaife, Slant Magazine
"Flow is a heartwarming animal adventure tale that half mourns, half celebrates the extinction of humankind."
— Noah Berlatsky, Chicago Reader
"Flow might be a digital confection, but it’s also open, alive, elemental. In every sense, it’s a breath of fresh air."
— Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Refusing to pander to its audience, Flow is an animated adventure that is poignant, unique, absolutely gorgeous, and a must-see."
— Kristy Puchko, Mashable
"Ahimmers with the essence of life and the spirit of selfless cooperation. Its narrative clarity makes its fable seem timeless, while innovating and expanding the visual immersion of its medium."
— Carlos Aguilar, RogerEbert.com
"The Latvian film is part brilliant experiment, part cutesy animal movie, but engrossing for all audiences—even if it might, like Fantasia, stick uncomfortably in the memories of the youngest in attendance."
— Jacob Oller, AV Club
"The animals act like real animals, not like cartoons or humans, and that restraint gives their adventure an authenticity that, in moments of both delight and peril, makes the emotion that much more powerful. With the caveat that I’m a cat lover, I was deeply moved."
— Calum Marsh, The New York Times
"In its simple, generous spirit of giving these creatures palpable narrative power, there’s a profundity: Flow might only be imagining their coping skills without us, but it’s a charming, poignant vision of community and perseverance we could stand to be inspired by."
— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
"A chronicle of a group of animals, sure, but Flow is really about the best aspects of humanity as seen through the lens of these creatures. How living things learn to trust, share, and protect the weakest among them represents the best ideas of life on this planet, and it is what Zilbalodis is interested in here."
— Warren Cantrell, The Playlist
"This is a wonderful film for children, its example of the give and take of friendship and the importance of mutual trust embedded organically in the narrative with clarity but without Flow is a joy to experience but also a deeply affecting story, the work of a unique talent who deserves to be ranked among the world’s great animation artists."
— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
"A movie brimming with sentiment but not sentimentality, this is one of the most moving animated films in recent memory, and, beyond that, groundbreaking too. It’s not just a supreme example of a movie kids will love that adults will too. With its wordlessness, this is a film that could play in any country of the world, its capacity to reach literally everyone limitless."
— Christian Blauvelt, indieWire
