8.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Flow (2024)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.6
Overview
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Positive
Overview
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film leans left by using a post-apocalyptic flood as an allegory for climate change and critiquing humanity's disconnection from nature, aligning with dominant progressive values despite its non-didactic approach to solutions.
The animated film 'Flow' explores themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion through its varied cast of animal characters and their journey of cooperation and community building. It uses allegorical storytelling to convey universal principles of shared struggle and mutual understanding, without directly addressing or critiquing human social identities or traditional roles.
Secondary
Flow indirectly portrays LGBTQ+ themes through subtle queer subtext and emotional resonance. Its allegorical narrative, focusing on solidarity and survival amidst adversity, offers an affirming interpretation of queer existence and community bonds, despite the absence of explicit representation.
The film employs significant Christian symbolism, including a Noah's Ark-like flood and a Christ-like secretary bird whose sacrifice and ascension are depicted as redemptive and hopeful, aligning with virtues of compassion and atonement.
The movie *Flow* does not feature identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative is centered on the experiences of a closeted gay police officer and the broader gay community, without any specific representation or discussion of trans identities.
The animated film *Flow* centers on animal survival and cooperation, not physical combat. The narrative does not feature any scenes where female characters engage in or are victorious in close-quarters physical combat against male opponents. The film emphasizes emotional storytelling and environmental themes.
Flow (2024) is an original animated film with no source material or historical characters. Its animal characters lack pre-established canonical genders, meaning no on-screen portrayal can differ from a prior established gender.
The film "Flow" exclusively features animal characters in a post-human world, with no human characters present. Consequently, the concept of a "race swap," which applies to human racial identity, is not applicable to this film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.9
8.1
Critic Ratings
9.7
8.7
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