The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future
critic Reviews
, 90% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- With a hopeful tune, The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future basks in magical realism to deliver a compelling family drama swathed in a powerful environmental fable.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChloe RoddickSight & Sound
In spite of its missteps, The Cow Who Sang is an assured first feature that gently weaves an intimate, personal story about motherhood, family, trauma and loss into a wider fable about environmental ruin...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTy BurrTy Burr's Watch List
There are moments of eerie movie magic here as well as a pervasive didacticism and at least one scene that’s lit like a telenovela. Alegria is one to watch, though, and so is the movie if you’re feeling chancy.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCarlos AguilarLos Angeles Times
With finely tuned magical realist sensibilities, first-time writer-director Francisca Alegria launches into a hauntingly atmospheric tale that denounces humanity’s untenable relationship with the natural world.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreChristy LemireRogerEbert.com
"The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future” might be too slow of a slow burn—and there’s not much to [its] characters beyond a few barely sketched traits.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreManuel BetancourtVariety
An idiosyncratic proposition from the start, Alegría’s debut is a wonder precisely because, even as it borrows bits of genre pieces from here and there, the film firmly cements its director as a distinctive voice in Chilean cinema.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBrandon YuNew York Times
The power of Alegría’s feature debut is found not in dialogue or explication, but in the lyrical, magical realist qualities of folklore: disappointed mothers and fathers, sacred animals and cursed rivers, love and forgiveness.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAlessandra RangelInSession Film
At the center of the story, both Mia Maestro and Leonor Varela give heart-breaking and contrasting performances.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNuha HassanNuha Hassan
A riveting tale of family drama and environment that provides a hopeful and thoughtful ending.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEmily MaskellA Good Movie To Watch
Hope lingers that it’s not too late for Magdalena’s family to wake up to the world around them, and maybe it’s possible for us to do the same.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreFarah ChededA Good Movie To Watch
A moo-ving meditation on the many ugly heads of entitlement and exploitation.
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