A Bird of the Air

Name: A Bird of the Air
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: September 23, 2011
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 42

2011

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Paladin (II) | Release Date: September 23, 2011 | Not Rated

Summary: Lyman is a loner, working the graveyard shift for the Courtesy Patrol. When a green parrot flies in to his trailer he becomes obsessed with finding its owner, which leads him to Fiona. She has been eyeing Lyman from a distance and decides to help with his parrot search, whether he wants her to or not. The pair set off on a search thatLyman is a loner, working the graveyard shift for the Courtesy Patrol. When a green parrot flies in to his trailer he becomes obsessed with finding its owner, which leads him to Fiona. She has been eyeing Lyman from a distance and decides to help with his parrot search, whether he wants her to or not. The pair set off on a search that doesn't always lead them where they think they're going, but gradually leads them to one another. (Paladin)… Expand

Director: Margaret Whitton

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Gary Goldstein

Oct 9, 2011

Margaret Whitton strikes a pleasing balance between amusing and sensitive, largely eluding the potentially precious minefields in their way. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Sep 22, 2011

Ms. Nichols is consistently appealing in the kind of role Zooey Deschanel has pretty much cornered, and Philippe Rousselot's nighttime shots of highway tragedy are dreamily atmospheric. If only Roger Towne's screenplay had focused less on the metaphysical import of Lyman's savior impulses and more on the physical rewards of his salvaged life. Read full review

Mark Holcomb

Sep 20, 2011

The cast detracts, too: Fiona, a flighty loner in the book, is a grating twit in Nichols's hands, and Hurst, while likeable, is flat and too hunky. The bird's got more charisma, which in a better movie would've been the point. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Sep 24, 2011

Unable to establish a consistent tone, picture goes derivatively screwball one minute and stickily sentimental the next. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Sep 19, 2011

Naturally, given the film's somewhat precious air of spiritualism, the parroted phrase that speaks most clearly to Lyman is a quotation from the book of Ecclesiastes that gives the film its title and gives Fiona a chance to offer a blithely optimistic interpretation of that most dour of Biblical books. Read full review

Sara Stewart

Sep 23, 2011

At its most entertaining when the parrot does the talking. Read full review

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fleeming

Nov 18, 2012

A really fun, offbeat plot with a superb performance by Rachel Nichols. A very enjoyable film that careens around one corner after another, but always seems to end up in the right place.

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