Movie review
August 29, 2024 · 85 min · PG · Latvian
Woke Score
Lower is better
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Flow.
Woke representation / casting
Animal species variety exists purely to create behavioral contrasts for the survival premise; no identity representation emphasis or framing.
Woke political dialogue
No dialogue of any kind exists in the film.
Identity-driven story themes
Cat's arc of moving from solitude to group reliance and found-family bonds is noticeable and recurring, but told as a timeless animal fable about trust rather than modern identity messaging.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Flood and submerged ruins give light environmental backdrop, but director describes it as character metaphor only, not institutional critique.
Review
This is a completely wordless animated adventure where a solitary cat teams up with a capybara, lemur, dog, and bird on a boat to survive a massive flood in a world with no humans left. The story is about learning to trust others and work together when everything changes, with some light background imagery of flooded ruins that a few viewers read as subtle eco vibes. There is zero dialogue, zero lectures, and zero push on identity, politics, or social agendas—just pure visual animal fable storytelling focused on friendship and adaptation.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No backlash exists claiming the film is too woke or agenda-driven.
Creator track record context
No pattern of identity-driven or activist projects; previous work is personal, non-political animation.
Production
