Megan Purdy Ms En Scene Feb 7, 2020

Window Horses' dual plot of artistic self-discovery through travel and learning and of reconnecting with a lost family and culture are skillfully woven together.

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Jorge Ignacio Castillo The Canadian Crew Jan 28, 2020 4/5

A phenomenal animated drama that proves you don't need millions of dollars or Pixar-like precision to trigger an emotional response...

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Rachel Wagner Rotoscopers Feb 6, 2019 4/5

It's a joy to watch.

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Jaime Fa de Lucas Culturamas Oct 5, 2018

The problem is that it usually succumbs to the ungovernable forces of cloying melodrama and didacticism. [Full review in Spanish]

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Andrew Parker The Gate Aug 28, 2018 4.5/5

The animation is simplistic, but highly evocative, serving the story well and allowing for viewers to use their imaginations in time with Fleming's well honed screenplay.

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Tina Hassannia RogerEbert.com Aug 14, 2018

There's nothing particularly profound in all of this... but "Window Horses" is smart enough to know that it's a pretty straightforward, beautiful and informative little film that doesn't need to take itself too seriously.

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Walter V. Addiego San Francisco Chronicle Jan 31, 2018 3/4

You have to admire an animator who can make a star out of a stick figure, and that's just what Canadian filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming has accomplished.

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Harvey S. Karten Shockya.com Dec 21, 2017 B

Now if the Iranians followed only their rich tradition of storytelling and poetry!

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Michael Ordoña Common Sense Media Nov 21, 2017 3/5

Canadian girl travels to Iran in animated dramedy.

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Angelo Muredda Cinema Scope Nov 13, 2017

Rosie's belated search for her father is affecting but in the end too familiar, and the film's insistence upon her preciousness grows tiring in light of the more devastating personal and political stories unfolding all around her.

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Teo Bugbee New York Times Nov 9, 2017

The writing in "Window Horses" is unaffected and lovely, with each poem animated in a different style to reflect the variety of life on display.

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Sherilyn Connelly Village Voice Nov 7, 2017

Many independent animated films in recent years have adopted a hand-drawn and/or collage-heavy aesthetic, but few are quite as heartfelt and charming as Ann Marie Fleming's Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming.

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Shane Slater AwardsCircuit.com Sep 29, 2017 3/4

Satisfying on both an emotional and intellectual level, Window Horses is an animated film any family can enjoy.

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André Hereford Film Journal International Sep 29, 2017

Art, language and culture coalesce in this stirring animated tale about a young poet, of Iranian and Chinese descent, who discovers her heritage and her voice.

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Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times Sep 28, 2017

Refreshingly devoid of talking animals and anthropomorphic vehicles, Ann Marie Fleming's "Window Horses" is a lovely surprise of a stirringly original animated feature.

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Trent Wilkie Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) Aug 17, 2017 4/5

Like a poem, Window Horses evolves into a story of love. Love for art, love of family, and ultimately (hopefully) love of self.

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Alex Heeney Seventh Row Jul 20, 2017

By getting very specific about the alienation Rosie has experienced as a Chinese-Iranian Canadian, Ann Marie Fleming gets at something more universal about displacement and diaspora.

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Blake Howard Graffiti With Punctuation Jun 13, 2017 3/5

"Window Horses" takes her animated avatar, 'Stick Girl', and make her the blank slate for the audience to be projected upon.

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Bruce DeMara Toronto Star Mar 10, 2017 3/4

Throughout, writer/director Ann Marie Fleming demonstrates an adeptness at storytelling.

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Kate Taylor Globe and Mail Mar 10, 2017 3/4

In the film's finest moments, as a generous Iranian host explains traditional Farsi poetry, the animation and the themes mingle and explode in a riot of cross-cultural colour ...

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