Max, the commercial streamer for HBO and Discovery, has tone From great films available to watch the platform ... But right now, an animated film without any dialogue is one of his most watched films.

Directed and imagined by Giant Zylullodis, "Flow", an animated film that premiered at the Aneci Film Festival Last summer, it serves as a warning to the dangers of climate change, is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and is also one of Max's most popular films at the moment (after Flixpatrol). While people may be looking for the computer animated, dreamed, and sometimes an surreal film thanks to its Oscar, they are probably pleasantly surprised at how good it is. So, what is the "flow" (what Zullodis wrote with Matisse Pasha), and why is there no dialogue?

Well, the simple and relatively flip answer to the dialog is that animals cannot speak; Obviously, a a lot Animated films ignore this aspect in real life, but "flow" makes it an interesting choice to keep the inhumane "thrown" silence completely. The first character we meet is a black cat that encounters a pack of dogs fighting over the fish in the forest stream, and after flooding the area, the cat and Labrador Retriever manage to escape and eventually end up on a shipwreck. Lemur joins them not long after and while everyone is trying to move through the flooded world and save any other living creatures they see, the animals unexpectedly bind. So what do critics think about this innovative and aesthetically beautiful movie, and how has you already earned his place in the history of the film?

Critics, surprisingly, really love the "flow". With a rating of 97% of Rotten tomatoes As for this writing and critical consensus stating: "Thanks to its innovative animation and mature topics, walking with this" flow "proves irresistible", has a lot On a glittering, "Certified Fresh" views of Giant Zyllindis's award -winning film. "The entrance to Latvia's dark horses in the Oscar animation need no dialogue (nothing) or votes in (also absent) lists to qualify as something of beauty as a cat and four colleagues stand out for the future after A. Cataclysmic flooding mankind, "Peter Travers rejoiced for ABC News. Meanwhile, Tay Boer, reviewing the film about Washington PostHe called it "dreamed, epic, dangerous and very beautiful".

Film SundayEmmy Nicholson also praised the film, writing: "What I felt watching this was exhaustion and empathy for not being able to plan the world you live in (...) on that country, I thought it was Beautiful. " (Obviously her colleague Claudia Puig shared that feeling; as she said In her own review"The flow" is "wonderful, beautiful pronounced and submerged to the point that whenever a poor cat was, I had a knot in his stomach.") Christie Pucko of the Mashable He was also a fan of saying, "refusing to pamper in front of his audience", "Flow" is an animated adventure that is shocking, unique, absolutely beautiful and must be seen. "

Writing for Rolling stoneDavid fear reached the heart of matter, explaining Exactly why "flow" is so special. "The real stay is that we have to rely on each other for salvation," fear wrote. "And here is when this experimental experiment in empathy, eco-activism and elicit over the creative capabilities of the medium too often abducted for the sale of toys that really affects its tags."

As I write this, the Academy Awards have not yet happened, so we have no idea whether the "flow" will win the best animated feature - but even still, several important recognitions have already been won And Set up several Latvia records, the country that has taken into account for the Academy. It is Latvia's first film to win the Golden Globe - he used huge competitors such as the "Wild robot" and "Inside Out 2" during the January 5, 2025 ceremony - and according to A. Newoux Times Giant Zylullodis profile, moving on February 12, is now one of the highest films in Latvia's history. ("We beat Jamesesheims Cameron!" Zullillodis went down to interviewer Carlos Aguilar, citing the fact that the "flow" surpassed the Avatar films at the box office specially in Latvia.)

"Flow" is also the first Latvian film to earn an Oscar nominationAnd obviously, the earth goes out to all to celebrate the animated film. The Golden Globe that Zullodis accepted in January is now exposed to the Latvian National Museum of Art in the country's capital, and as Aguilar notes, he is "guarded" by two cat statues. "It's just a really nice boost to the morality," Zylullodis told Aguilar for the prize. "People are tired of bad news and maybe this film is something that feels optimistic and hopeful about the country's self -esteem." Not only that, but also according to Announcement of X (formerly known as Twitter) from Zyllullodis himselfA cat's "flow" statue also adorns a statue that states Riga in the capital now.

"There is a real appetite for movies like this, which gives me a lot of hope," Zylbadolis told Aguilar before expressing one last hope: "People around the world who may not have heard of Latvia have now heard about it." Now that the "flow" is available to pass on to Max (and given how many people see it), he can only get his desire.