The Currents
Kino Lorber | Release Date: May 29, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschNov 5, 2025
The Currents never comes off as derivative. The elegance and, especially, empathy with which Mumenthaler captures the gaping chasm between how we present and who we are give the film a voluptuous pull all its own. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineWilliam RepassOct 29, 2025
While The Currents can certainly be read as a portrait of a woman coming apart at the seams, it also offers a more expansive view of mental illness as a sensitivity not wholly pathological, but rather capable of reframing and refreshing the world. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeNov 5, 2025
This is impressively composed, searching high-art cinema, elevated by its meticulous, silkily textured formal construction Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalZachary BarnesOct 29, 2025
Ms. Mumenthaler has constructed her character study with subtly expressionistic imagination, deploying an enveloping, finely tuned sound design and finding a transporting musical motif in Holst’s “The Planets.” One daring sequence toward the end offers a vivid panorama beyond this woman’s world. Read full review
75
The Film StageJourdain SearlesNov 5, 2025
Mumenthaler doesn’t want to give us the answers––she just wants us to wade through it and find our own way to shore. Read full review
70
The Film VerdictKevin JagernauthNov 5, 2025
Mumenthaler’s screenplay works best when it lives and breathes in the ambiguities of Lina’s malaise and dissatisfaction, and how she balances it with her responsibilities as an entrepreneur, wife, and devoted mother. Splitting the difference between its more lyrical touches with more straightforward storytelling saps some of the power out of the film. Read full review
50
Next Best PictureDan BayerOct 29, 2025
While well-made, The Currents lacks the spark of originality that could make it truly outstanding Read full review
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