Ben Nicholson Sight & Sound May 14, 2026

Berger described the abyss of non-comprehension across which humans look at animals, and Gunda attempts to bridge it, just a little.

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Christina Newland iNews.co.uk Sep 23, 2024 4/5

The movie is a genuine inquiry into how animals experience the world.

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William Stottor Loud and Clear Reviews Jul 11, 2024 4/5

Startling in its intimacy and measured in its pacing, Gunda is a one-of-a-kind nature documentary which serves as an abrupt but much-needed wake-up call to humanity.

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Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Aug 24, 2022 4/5

Kossakovsky is respectful and achieves a harmonious and elegant narration. [Full review in Spanish]

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Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Aug 21, 2022 4.5/5

There’s no music to guide our emotions or narration to explain what we’re seeing. It doesn’t frame or stealthily edit scenes for dramatic effect. Instead “Gunda” asks its audience to observe, absorb, and ponder.

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Erick Estrada Cinegarage Aug 11, 2022

An experimental documentary of technological high caliber and quality images... [Full review in Spanish]

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Nov 23, 2021 B+

It takes its cues from George Orwell's Animal Farm and the American film Babe.

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Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) Nov 9, 2021

It is too beautiful and too wondrous to be hemmed in by any single agenda. Rather, it's a portrait of life itself, in all of its pain and joy, suffering and pleasure.

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Witney Seibold Critically Acclaimed Podcast Sep 13, 2021

While 'Gunda's' ambitions are to steer people away from consuming meat, it also possesses a very simple hypnotic quality: It's fascinating to watch animals be animals.

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Alison Gillmor Winnipeg Free Press Aug 13, 2021 4.5/5

This is a film that demands not just concentrated looking but a kind of cinematic surrender. You don't just watch Gunda; you give yourself over to it.

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Bilge Ebiri New York Magazine/Vulture Aug 11, 2021

Kossakovsky's mesmerizing, gorgeous documentary about the life of a mother pig and her babies on an unnamed farm somewhere in the world serves as a bracing corrective to the way animals are usually portrayed on film.

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Kim Hughes Original Cin Jul 16, 2021

Brilliantly shot and impossibly moving, this one-of-a-kind documentary handily elevates both farm animals and filmmaking. You don't say that every day.

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Anne Brodie What She Said Jul 9, 2021

It's stunning work, as quiet and powerful as a film gets.

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Cody Corrall CINE-FILE Jun 23, 2021

Gunda is quiet yet undeniably engrossing, and manages to translate the inner workings of animals in a deeply human way.

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Donald Clarke Irish Times Jun 15, 2021 5/5

There is plenty of time to ponder the morality of our dominion over the beasts.A highly original, singularly beautiful film.

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Brian Viner Daily Mail (UK) Jun 11, 2021 4/5

Disconcerting, but also strangely comforting - and actually downright moving in its charm and simplicity.

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Miguel Martín Maestro El antepenúltimo mohicano Jun 10, 2021

An intimate and exquisitely filmed story. [Full review in Spanish]

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Daniel Theophanous One Room With A View Jun 7, 2021 4/5

The long-takes prove hypnotic, inducing a trance-like viewing, transported by the piglets' endearing wonderment at the unfolding world.

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David Parkinson Empire Magazine Jun 7, 2021 4/5

Full of fascinating behavioural insights and moments that are both hilarious and adorable, this studied treatise on the personality and emotionality of domestic animals should provide plentiful food for thought.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) Jun 7, 2021 5/5

It's a must-watch but you'll probably never eat bacon again.

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