Flow: For Love of Water
Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: September 12, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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88
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
This documentary makes a terrible kind of sense. It reminds us that something we take for granted, like air, can be sold to us – if we can afford it. And if we can't, what happens then? Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Skips right past depressing on its way to apocalyptic. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
According to Irene Salina's eye-opening documentary Flow, 500,000 to 7 million US residents are sickened by tap water each year. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
A very effective primer of an underreported problem. Read full review
70
Village VoiceVadim Rizov
One of those charming little documentaries that make you question whether the human race is really worth preserving. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
A smartly done, involving look at a number of interrelated water issues. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Irena Salina's astonishingly wide-ranging film is less depressing than galvanizing, an informed and heartfelt examination of the tug of war between public health and private interests. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
It's strange thinking of water as a market commodity, and it's hard to comprehend the kind of greed that must go into keeping it from needy mouths, but, fact is, the water business is now the world's third-largest industry, meaning there are a lot of sinister souls out there fiddling with their bank statements while Rome dries up. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Flow preaches to the choir with a starry-eyed NPR eco-humanism that can set the wrong kind of person's teeth on edge. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJustin Lowe
Insistent, sometimes conspicuously one-sided, the film's concerns are difficult to dismiss, considering that a water-starved planet isn't ultimately viable. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Flow makes you thirsty for more information. Read full review
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