Flee

  • 2021


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Positive Reviews 22
Negative reviews 4
Average Rating 3.9/5
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4.5
Its a story that tugs at our heart, and while for most documentaries that might be a liability, in this case it makes the truth Rasmussen means to rev ..
4.0
This powerful animated documentary, that is so full of compassion and empathy, is one of the most striking pieces of filmmaking witnessed for years. Common Sense Media
4.0
I really appreciate how versatile it is in its craft. It works as an animated film just as well as it works as a documentary. It tells a compelling st .. You Tube
4.5
Flee is a remarkably humanising and complex film, expanding and expounding the kind of story thats too easily simplified. The Guardian
4.5
Flee is a remarkable achievement. It takes a difficult topic and makes it very engaging. Smh
4.5
However, he doesnt aim for the expressionistic flare other animated documentaries, like Ari Folmans Waltz With Bashir (2008). Eye For Film
4.5
The compassionate language of the filmmaking so devastating yet nuanced in its indictment succeeds in pulling viewers even closer to Amin. Firstpost
4.5
While films like Ai Weiweis Human Flow and Eva Orners Chasing Asylum successfully document the immediate horrors faced by refugees, theyre told from t .. Flicks
4.5
With the addition of a smattering of live action archival footage to help put Amins very personal story in a wider context, Flee is a compelling crowd .. Stuff
4.5
A heartbreaking journey into the heart of its protagonist protected by drawing strokes and two dimensional color layers and into the horrors of war th ..
2.0
Flee is an incredibly moving film that highlights the emotional scars forever carried by refugees. The Film Pie
4.0
Luckily, Amins account told in a low key, unsentimental manner but filled with edge of the seat twists makes up for the lack of visual interest. Straits Times
4.0
For a film about the psychological trauma of displacement, Flee is surprisingly sweet. The Skinny
4.0
The loss of his cultural roots, the discrimination and danger he faced on his journey west, the strange new culture and language he has to assimilate .. The Australian
1.5
It takes us further away from the necessary realism of documentaries that present fact, what Dziga Vertov called life caught unaware. Flee epitomizes .. National Review
1.5
The true mystery of Jigsaw is why this exemplary movie isnt more well known. Film Frenzy
4.5
Those traffickers are such bastards, I think theyre a bunch of psychopaths, says Amin. World Socialist Web Site
4.5
And thats Flee in a nutshell; an incredibly upsetting story albeit one topped with faint flecks of hope and humour, foregrounding the indomitable natu .. Flickering Myth
4.5
Flee is a beautiful film, an opportunity to experience a childhood steeped in persecution and powerlessness, and the scars that leaves with the power .. Newshub (NZ)
4.5
Sometimes a movie is so powerful and you find yourself telling everyone you know to go and see it, and this is how I felt after I saw Jonas Poher Rasm .. J Post
4.0
SEVERANCE Series on Apple+ Ben Stillers creepy, darkly funny workplace satire is artfully framed, spookily scored, and acted with deadpan wit by, amon .. Film Mafia
1.5
A valuable document, but its also just that, a document that missed the opportunity to become something else. Horror Queers Podcast
4.5
Flee is often moving as Amin talks about the sacrifices he and his family made and the burden of responsibility he feels. And scenes that illustrate t .. Epgn
4.5
A wrenching, animated docudrama about a refugee reckoning with survivors remorse, depicted sensitively and tenderly. Movie Squad (RTRFM 92.1)
4.0
Rasmussen does a fantastic job delivering Amins story without losing the scope of the grander picture: that this isnt just Amins experience. Tilt Magazine
4.5
As Ari Folmans Oscar nominated feature documentary Waltz with Bashir, and in another medium Art Spiegelmans Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel Maus, .. The Queer Review



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