tense, empathetic refugee drama; While the major story threads of "The Flood" tie up neatly, there are enough rough edges to keep the tension throughout
haunting and timely migration drama; 'The Flood' is an understated, lean film, shorn of flashy camerawork or narrative pyrotechnics. Nothing is over-polished or glossed-up
a well-meaning and honestly acted drama, "The Flood" feels glib, programmatic and contrived, particularly the ending, and almost at times like a bien-pensant image of how things are behind the uncaring newspaper headlines
a quietly powerful migrant drama; this is a resolutely earthbound story, dedicated to the 70 million displaced people around the world, but rarely preachy, and with just enough humanity peeping through the bleakness
a careful, studied portrait of one of the most incendiary topics in modern politics; in a culture where refugees are so rarely shown any empathy in mainstream media, maybe this is the film we need right now
"The Flood" offers a timely and urgent reflection on the current refugee crisis. Masterfully acted, touching and brilliantly measured throughout. A must see
by Joseph Walsh [Time Out New York ]
by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian ]
