Bird

Name: Bird
Genre: Drama
Released: November 8, 2024
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, James Nelson-Joyce, Joanne Matthews, Rhys Yates

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MUBI | Release Date: November 8, 2024 | R

Starring: Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, James Nelson-Joyce, Joanne Matthews, Rhys Yates

Summary: 12-year-old Bailey (Nykiya Adams) lives with her single dad Bug (Barry Keoghan) and brother Hunter (Jason Buda) in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids and Bailey who is approaching puberty seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.

Director: Andrea Arnold

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 119 min

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NME Jordan Bassett

Nov 1, 2024

With scenes of harrowing violence, the film often feels totally unsafe: no adult’s motives are beyond reproach. In true Andrea Arnold style, though, it’s also a life-enhancing tale that soars with unexpected grace, optimism and faith in humanity. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Nov 8, 2024

Arnold's films elevate the potential of youth, and for this one, it takes a little magic to fulfill it. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

May 17, 2024

This is what Arnold is so great at capturing: people just doing their best, which often means they surpass every expectation without even knowing it. Her generosity toward her characters is also generosity toward us. She hands us nothing, even as she gives us everything. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Nov 11, 2024

Bird finds beauty and wonder in every frame (one that Arnold has slyly shaped to evoke the format and curved corners of a smartphone screen, echoing the way Bailey captures private moments of visual poetry). The film celebrates rather than judges its erratic and occasionally challenging characters It’s the closest Andrea Arnold has come to a feelgood flick. Read full review

Alison Willmore

Nov 8, 2024

Bird is the newest feature from Andrea Arnold — her first scripted film since the 2016 U.S. road odyssey American Honey — and it serves up an endearing, ungainly mix of the gritty and the magical. Read full review

Ty Burr

Nov 15, 2024

There are pieces of a great movie here, but they never quite come together in a way that allows a gifted filmmaker to take flight. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

May 18, 2024

The film is Arnold trying to have the integrity of her severity and eat it too. Bird is a feel-bad movie that turns into a feel-good movie. What it never feels like is a totally authentic movie. Read full review

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