CineVue by Matthew Anderson

Blurring traditional boundaries of documentary with rich, beautiful animation in many shades and colours, the Danish director has a great deal invested in telling this story.

The Guardian by Benjamin Lee

Flee is a remarkably humanising and complex film, expanding and expounding the kind of story that’s too easily simplified.

IndieWire by Eric Kohn

Flee becomes his cinematic catharsis, as Amin recounts his journey in fits and starts, while the animation turns his memories into a bracing adventure that doubles as modern history.

Observer by Siddhant Adlakha

An unfortunately timely film, Flee uses animation primarily to sharpen the dangerous edges of its refugee story, and to capture the devastating physical and emotional toll of never-ending war. But in brief moments, the film acts as a spiritual balm, offering hints and possibilities of a world where Nawabi might one day be able to fully share himself with other people.

Vox by Alissa Wilkinson

By the end, it seems telling his story — saying it out loud in a safe space, at last — may have helped Amin heal a bit more. Perhaps sharing it with audiences opens the same space for others, too.

RogerEbert.com by Roxana Hadadi

A country can be a home, and a home can be erased, and the aching, lovely Flee trafficks in the space between belonging and wandering.

Original-Cin by Karen Gordon

Throughout, Rasmussen never loses focus on the humanity. He’s telling the story, not of a refugee, but of a fellow human being whom he knows personally. The rapport between the two, the quiet honesty with which Amin speaks and the respectful and obviously deeply affectionate way in which Rasmussen tells the story, makes this film something special.

Washington Post by Ann Hornaday

Thanks to his courage and Rasmussen’s compassion and creativity, “Flee” morphs from a tale of dispossession to a testament to the power of narrative — to overtake a life, and to liberate it.

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

This animated documentary from Danish film-maker Jonas Poher Rasmussen is an irresistibly moving and engrossing story, whose emotional implications we can see being absorbed into the minds of the director and his subject, almost in real time.

Empire by Joshua Rothkopf

An extraordinary blend of personal reflection and inspired craft, Flee is a harrowing child’s-eye adventure that lends lyricism to the plight of migrants while showing there’s always a new way to make a documentary.

The Playlist by Gregory Ellwood

To say it’s a stellar feat of cinema is something of an understatement.

The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney

It's a powerful and poetic memoir of personal struggle and self-discovery that expands the definition of documentary.

Time Out by Phil de Semlyen

Never extraneous, Flee’s smaller details make this true-life story buzz with life.

Variety by Peter Debruge

In the end, however we take Amin’s story, the film is an incredibly intimate act of sharing. The question shouldn’t be whether we can trust Amin, but whether he can trust us enough to reveal himself fully. Truth be told, we don’t need to see or know everything to respect the gift of hearing all that he’s been through.

Screen Daily

Rasmussen’s consideration of one man’s journey sheds light on the emotional legacy that can linger even after sanctuary is found.

Film Threat by Norman Gidney

Through a bracing pastiche of methods, we are taken on a harrowing journey that must have A-list directors, this very minute clamoring for option rights. It is beautiful and gripping; Flee is a must-see.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Sarah-Tai Black

Amin’s story is given life and depth, charted here with a care for his wholeness rather than too simply his refugee status.