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Mavka: The Forest Song movie review: the dark of the woods comes too late
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Mavka: The Forest Song movie review: the dark of the woods comes too late

in cinemas in the UK; on VOD in the US in August

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MaryAnn Johanson
Jul 28, 2023
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MaryAnn’s quick take: Traditional folk music and beautifully animated mythic motifs may be rightfully validating for homegrown Ukrainian audiences, but there’s little else beyond that novelty to capture others’ imagination.

[This review is also available at FlickFilosopher.com. Mavka: The Forest Song is in cinemas in the UK now; it debuts on streaming in US in August.]

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