The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future

"Alegría deftly weaves the connection between this family’s broken past and their possible hope for the future, with the reverberations of the ecological disaster at its start."

"It’s a thoughtful film, tender, hopeful, with some knockout bovine performances too."

"In spite of its missteps, The Cow Who Sang is an assured first feature..."

"Thankfully, Francisca Alegría’s feature debut manages to be hauntingly moving and hopeful instead of angry and pessimistic..."

"Though the film can at times feel long-winded—a common predicament when transitioning from shorts to features—it is a heady and hypnotic parable..."

"It’s a rare treat to watch a film that’s deliberate, enigmatic, and easy to recommend. Even if you’re not sure what’s happening, Alegria’s film never loses your focus."

"This magical realist eco-fable... pays the price for its own high ambition and is simply unable to sustain the intensity until the end. But until then, it’s a hypnotic and entrancing ride."

"An interesting example of climate-conscious cinema, if a little too abstract at times."

"Mysterious and elegiac..."

"It’s too slipshod to be serious, too earnest to entertain."