A Birder's Guide to Everything

Screen Media Films | Release Date: March 21, 2014

5.6	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Ratings

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TyranianJan 23, 2020

Bit of a nothing film but not totally unenjoyable. Has decent acting and some minor insight.

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TheDRauchNov 12, 2014

The niche that A Birder's Guide to Everything seems to strive for is a blend of coming-of-age film and a celebration of birder culture. Sadly, the movie focuses less on the latter, the more esoteric and interesting area of focus, and honesThe niche that A Birder's Guide to Everything seems to strive for is a blend of coming-of-age film and a celebration of birder culture. Sadly, the movie focuses less on the latter, the more esoteric and interesting area of focus, and hones it's attention on adolescent angst, as well as the grief of losing a loved one. While Meyer's work here is admirably quite a calm and, I guess, contemplative (?) exploration of youth, it is in equal measure, and maybe because of it's reserve, practically devoid of personality. Ben Kingsley adds some much needed dynamic qualities to a character that is hardly in the film more than 10 minutes. Aside from his grace-notes, each actor does their best with the sub-par material, straining to give life to what are essentially caricatures. Another film similar in subject is a documentary that aired on HBO last year called Birders: The Central Park Effect. It clocks in at about half the time and goes extensively into the more interesting subject from which A Birder's Guide to Everything derives it's title, but nothing in the area of passion or insight. There was an element involving the young female lead that I initially hoped was going to unfold without dipping into the cliched trope of having her serve as the male lead's romantic interest and nothing more, but I was wrong. It is pleasant and scenic enough, and the movie doesn't make any egregious errors that derail the entire picture, but neither does it take risks or attempt to distinguish itself from a crowd of better coming-of-age movies (and birding films, too, for that matter).… Expand

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franissavioMay 25, 2014

Seriously, what's a birder's guide to everything in this movie??? Why, Hollywood, why, all teen movies needs to be about sex? This could have been 10/10 if the director stayed on with the title of the movie.

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HerlyantiJan 6, 2016

It's fun to see how people obsess with nature, and in this case birds. They're young and they already know what they want to be. *sounds like a shrink, huh? The plot is slow as I can predict, yet it's absorbing and what is more the view isIt's fun to see how people obsess with nature, and in this case birds. They're young and they already know what they want to be. *sounds like a shrink, huh? The plot is slow as I can predict, yet it's absorbing and what is more the view is great. Love all the screen. And that Spanish boy named Timmy is so hilarious, but unfortunately nasty. However, he's the one who really lights up the movie. I like him… Expand

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