Cow

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Cow

Released Apr 8, 2022

1h 33m

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Academy Award-winner Andrea Arnold returns with an intimate portrait of one dairy cow's life. The film highlights the beauty and challenges cows face, and their great service to us all.

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A stark and emotionally resonant look at the life of a farm animal, Cow simply yet insistently asks the viewer to reconsider their relationship with their food.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

The result is heartwrenching.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 19, 2024

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Metro Newspaper (UK)

The British auteur Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank) turns to documentary with this powerful, cow’s eye view of the dairy industry. You may never look a pint of milk in the face again.

Dec 27, 2022

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Kathleen Sachs

Chicago Reader

The documentary from British writer-director Andrea Arnold conveys something similar to the splendor that radiates from the best of silent cinema.

Apr 9, 2022

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William Stottor

Loud and Clear Reviews

In her first documentary feature Cow, Andrea Arnold concocts a deeply profound and strikingly resonant film about a mother’s forced separation from her child.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 18, 2024

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Savina Petkova

A Good Movie To Watch

Cow opens up the dialogue about the on-screen role of animals beyond the call for activism. In it, the protagonists dictate the camera movements and positions just as any other human subject would.

Rated: 8/10

Oct 29, 2023

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Greg Carlson

Vague Visages

Arnold’s assembly stops short of making any condemnation of the human masters who guide Luma through her paces, but Cow surely raises age-old questions about the relationship between people and “their” animals.

May 9, 2023

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sofie m

The ending was heartbreaking. The entire film was incredibly well done and will forever change the way I consume dairy products. No words, just moos and the unfortunate truth about the dairy industry.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/03/24

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Laurie M

Excellent portrait of the lives of dairy cattle. Having spent over a decade as a vet tech I can easily understand and relate to every moment in this wonderful documentary. It would have been better narrated, even just a little bit, especially for people that have no idea of what's going on and why. Seems like a very well run dairy. All the caregivers are gentle and patient. There was absolutely NO CRUELTY involved and all the cows are well cared for even to the end. I recommend everyone watch this and ask someone who knows questions when you don't understand why something is being done.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/01/24

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Donnation G

A film that will test you. It shows the miserable life of a Cow on a dairy farm, which is a life that is short, painful, and full of sorrow. The film is not an easy watch and it isn't supposed to be. The filmmaker set out to show what these lovely animals go through just so we can have their milk. It's ugly, very sad, and it will stick with you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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Alec B

The lack of any talking heads or voice over narration is the biggest plus here as it makes the ending all the more shocking.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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Di D

should be shown in Primary schools to nine year olds.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/18/23

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d. e

There's some beautiful photography. But, this film shows how cruel farmers can be to their livestock. It's just heart-wrenching. You've got to have a hard heart to watch this film.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

Academy Award-winner Andrea Arnold returns with an intimate portrait of one dairy cow's life. The film highlights the beauty and challenges cows face, and their great service to us all.

Director: Andrea Arnold
Producer: Kat Mansoor
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Doco Digital, BBC Films, Halcyon Pictures, Doc Society
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 8, 2022, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $22.2K
Runtime: 1h 33m

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