Paul Raci is just wonderful here.

| Sep 16, 2024

Very slow to get going, but once it does get going I liked it.

| Sep 16, 2024

H.P. Mendoza doesn’t skimp in relating the hardships of getting yourself out of the grief rut when you lose a loved one, but he also shows how there are moments of dark, profound humor.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 28, 2024

There’s a deep understanding of the ways that people can be affected by grief underlying the gentle, quirky comedy of this tale.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2024

An equally beautiful and heartbreaking movie that I would absolutely recommend.

| Aug 21, 2024

The Secret Art of Human Flight feels like a creatively unrestricted A24 film. [...] a must-watch for fans of weird and wonderful storytelling. It’s a bold celebration of life and humanity in the most original way.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 20, 2024

It is a genre-bending film about loss and grief. It is filled with unexpected humor and whimsy. I guarantee it will surprise you and lift your spirits.

| Jul 24, 2024

What will stick with viewers is most likely Mendoza and Orenshein’s tender portrait of the act of grieving.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 14, 2024

The best part of the film by far is Paul Raci.

| Jul 13, 2024

A beautifully touching portrait of grief.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 13, 2024

Between the moments of bittersweet charm, this fanciful low-budget drama about grief and coping mechanisms becomes overwhelmed by its quirks and whimsy, diminishing the emotional impact.

| Jul 12, 2024

As a parable about finding a route through pain, everything in the script is extremely pointed. So while it's impossible to take anything at face value, deeper truths come through strongly. And there are moments of real intensity.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 9, 2024

Truly, the finished product of The Secret of Human Flight is greater than the sum of its parts.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 8, 2024

Eccentricity is a trademark of Mendoza’s filmmaking, and his latest feature ... is sticking to the staple. From the very start, the movie sets a very particular tone that’s both light-hearted and bitter-sweet, both straight-faced and tongue in cheek.

| Jul 8, 2024

The Secret Art of Human Flight is an interesting, if not entirely realized, exploration of one of life’s most difficult emotions. Just don’t expect it to sweep you off your feet.

| Jul 8, 2024

A strangely whimsical and pleasantly quirky take on grieving, The Secret Art of Human Flight keeps things light even during some of its more emotional moments, with emphasis on living and human connection

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 6, 2024

We long for the promise of whimsy to come true while admitting the dire that is still entirely possible. Achieving that very mystery, to blur between implications of brevity and danger, is precisely the reward to be found with this movie experience.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 5, 2024

"The Secret Art of Human Flight" may be yet another indie drama that focuses on moving on from a great personal tragedy, but its methods are unique enough to keep this analysis more intriguing.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 5, 2024

…a thoughtful little film that asks some interesting questions about how much our lives are sustained by belief…well-acted and realised with some visual flair, director HP Mendoza offers an effective metaphor for recovery, and a twisty-turny story too..

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 5, 2024

Mendoza does a nice job making the film look better than its budget constraints and Orenshein's script gets to the heart of love and loss in both its goofy and sad moments.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 28, 2024