The choice of hand-drawn animation and its ability to demonstrate a magical realism allows the film to find the right distance from what is being depicted.

~ Richard Mowe -

The choice of hand-drawn animation and its ability to demonstrate a magical realism allows the film to find the right distance from what is being depicted.

~ Richard Mowe -

Hemingway and Stanfield are both good in the central roles, with Howze charismatic as the antagonist on the fringes of the island community, but the film never really takes off the way it should.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hemingway and Stanfield are both good in the central roles, with Howze charismatic as the antagonist on the fringes of the island community, but the film never really takes off the way it should.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Poluyan’s character is one of cinema’s most repulsive creations.

~ Michael Pattison -

Poluyan’s character is one of cinema’s most repulsive creations.

~ Michael Pattison -

In space, it may well be that no one can hear you scream... but just about anyone who has seen any of the major space-set or futuristic thrillers from the past few decades will find the cliches of the genre ringing out in this Swiss sci-fi

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In space, it may well be that no one can hear you scream... but just about anyone who has seen any of the major space-set or futuristic thrillers from the past few decades will find the cliches of the genre ringing out in this Swiss sci-fi

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cargo gets scuppered by its serpentine story, which is more confusing than compelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cargo gets scuppered by its serpentine story, which is more confusing than compelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cargo is impressive in developing a picture of the wider world that surrounds this very personal story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cargo is impressive in developing a picture of the wider world that surrounds this very personal story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Viewer expectations, like that of the immigrants, are confounded as the hard-hitting consequences of this bleak act of humanity play out.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Viewer expectations, like that of the immigrants, are confounded as the hard-hitting consequences of this bleak act of humanity play out.

~ Amber Wilkinson -