I am still feeling that deep joy / sad energy you get from the most resonant art! It deserves all the awards and I am going to buy it when it's out on DVD 😭 And no worries!! Any emails from you are gladly received, at your pace 💜
I was a bit deterred by the trailer because the animation of the characters seemed a little jerky and overall poor. (Also a gripe I have about Scavengers Reign, a Max show well worth watching but that doesn't do a good job animating characters' movement.) But your review has convinced me to give it a shot. Always a pleasure to read your thoughts about any movie!
Totally understand where you're coming from. When I first started watching the movie I was a bit confused by how the animals looked but once I quickly settled into the movie my opinion turned. I def think it is worth seeing!
I haven't seen the film (adding it to the watchlist) but I loved what you wrote about community.
Aside I just lost my cat (15 yo, orange) on Monday and that greif is rough. I think I have a pretty decent relationship to death but it's still a loss I am taking hard.
Thank you, I think about community and connection a lot these days. We are all so lonely! I am so sorry to hear about the passing of your cat. What was their name? It is so devastating to lose a living and kind being you love and have formed true companionship with.
Franz. He was my first cat (I wanted cats my whole life but my dad's allergic). He was a huge orange guy who had such a presence in my house. I have three other cats but his absence is notable.
Oh I was hoping this movie would be as good as it looked. Thank you for the review. But I really came here to say that we used Lap of Love in August to say goodbye to our 16yo Italian Greyhound and they are just THE BEST. I can’t recommend them highly enough.
A beautiful piece on a beautiful movie. We are a cat household so everyone watching was very attuned to how accurately the filmmakers nailed cat behavior. My teens and tweens loved it but I too would love to see how smaller children react to it. I feel like it has a very good chance of entrancing them throughout.
Also, your comment about how the people-less world in this film is still teeming with life reminds me of something I read once regarding how whenever someone says "We're destroying the planet!" what they actually mean is that we are destroying it for US. The planet will go along just fine without us long after we're gone.
Caught this one over at TIFF this year and I couldn't help but find that this is the one animated film I've been thinking about most all year round. It's very beautiful, and thanks for sharing with us this piece too, Angelica!
We finally made time to see it yesterday and the 16yo cried at least three times and the husband was still feeling the emotions. We drove home without any music and just discussed the film and how we felt.
Glad you wrote about it or we wouldn’t have had it on our radar.
Oh my goodness, just saw this film and am still so moved!
Isn’t it so wonderful??? Also, I think I owe you an email. That completely escaped my brain.
I am still feeling that deep joy / sad energy you get from the most resonant art! It deserves all the awards and I am going to buy it when it's out on DVD 😭 And no worries!! Any emails from you are gladly received, at your pace 💜
Always enjoy and appreciate your writing. This movie wasn’t on my radar but now I’m eager to bring my daughters to see it.
Let me know how the kiddos feel about. Very curious how kids will respond. I’ve heard good things from critics who brought their kids to screenings.
appreciate this review so much! thank you for writing as I never would've heard of Flow, cant wait to watch.
You’re very welcome. It’s def worth seeing on the big screen if you can!
Beautiful writing Angelica. I love this movie so much.
Thank you. I am very happy with how the newsletter turned out. It’s such an amazing film.
This looks like such a gorgeous film. Adding it to my to-watch list.
Also, Paulie looks like he was the sweetest boy. 💕
I was a bit deterred by the trailer because the animation of the characters seemed a little jerky and overall poor. (Also a gripe I have about Scavengers Reign, a Max show well worth watching but that doesn't do a good job animating characters' movement.) But your review has convinced me to give it a shot. Always a pleasure to read your thoughts about any movie!
Totally understand where you're coming from. When I first started watching the movie I was a bit confused by how the animals looked but once I quickly settled into the movie my opinion turned. I def think it is worth seeing!
I haven't seen the film (adding it to the watchlist) but I loved what you wrote about community.
Aside I just lost my cat (15 yo, orange) on Monday and that greif is rough. I think I have a pretty decent relationship to death but it's still a loss I am taking hard.
Thank you, I think about community and connection a lot these days. We are all so lonely! I am so sorry to hear about the passing of your cat. What was their name? It is so devastating to lose a living and kind being you love and have formed true companionship with.
Franz. He was my first cat (I wanted cats my whole life but my dad's allergic). He was a huge orange guy who had such a presence in my house. I have three other cats but his absence is notable.
Oh I was hoping this movie would be as good as it looked. Thank you for the review. But I really came here to say that we used Lap of Love in August to say goodbye to our 16yo Italian Greyhound and they are just THE BEST. I can’t recommend them highly enough.
A beautiful piece on a beautiful movie. We are a cat household so everyone watching was very attuned to how accurately the filmmakers nailed cat behavior. My teens and tweens loved it but I too would love to see how smaller children react to it. I feel like it has a very good chance of entrancing them throughout.
Also, your comment about how the people-less world in this film is still teeming with life reminds me of something I read once regarding how whenever someone says "We're destroying the planet!" what they actually mean is that we are destroying it for US. The planet will go along just fine without us long after we're gone.
Caught this one over at TIFF this year and I couldn't help but find that this is the one animated film I've been thinking about most all year round. It's very beautiful, and thanks for sharing with us this piece too, Angelica!
Thanks for recommending this movie! I saw it earlier this week for a family holiday film outing and it was great.
That’s awesome! Glad you enjoyed it. Flow is such a lovely film.
We finally made time to see it yesterday and the 16yo cried at least three times and the husband was still feeling the emotions. We drove home without any music and just discussed the film and how we felt.
Glad you wrote about it or we wouldn’t have had it on our radar.
Omg. This makes me so happy to hear!