Only the River Flows
Kimstim Films | Release Date: July 26, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeAug 20, 2024
Offbeat flashes of humour punctuate this stylishly enigmatic, Jean-Pierre Melville-inspired crime picture, but the momentum flags a little in a convoluted final act. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 14, 2024
This film is an intriguing and well-made diversion, a puzzle whose missing pieces make a disquieting pattern. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJul 25, 2024
The filmmaker has a gift for disorientation — a chilling cut connects a scene of a pregnancy ultrasound to Ma Zhe flipping through slides of murder evidence — that partly compensates for the muddiness of the plot. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalZachary BarnesJul 25, 2024
As Only the River Flows follows its winding course, the movie seems to lose its grip not merely on the mystery but on its protagonist, becoming less psychologically penetrating and more haphazardly hallucinatory. Looking for clues, we find only the fragments of a fractured mind. Read full review
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