Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
| Release Date: December 15, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyDec 21, 2017
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children is its own unique, damaged creature. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichDec 15, 2017
This is a beautiful film, and an ugly one, and the tension between those two sides doesn’t abate until the very last scene. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleDec 14, 2017
As adult animation goes, Birdboy is its own weird, woolly and surprisingly sensitive foray into the grimmer corners of life. But at its best, when Vázquez and Rivero hit the right mix of melancholy and acidic in their battered fever dream, it plays like a troubled schoolkid’s secret drawings brought to colorful, if unapologetically horrific, life. Read full review
80
VarietyDennis HarveyDec 1, 2017
Though at first glance this ironically-sweet-and-very-sour mix might seem unappetizing, even repellent, it soon becomes fascinating in its oddball complexity. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerMay 23, 2018
Enthralling and effortlessly relevant, Birdboy is a searing contemporary fantasy, and often unrelenting in its savage attacks on greed, acquisitiveness, the disposable society, and some not-so-subtle jabs at Spanish Catholicism. Read full review
75
The PlaylistAlly JohnsonDec 20, 2017
What makes Birdboy: The Forgotten Children so effective is the ability to turn the innocent into the macabre. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyDec 15, 2017
The movie is grisly and its sense of humor is mordant, but it winds up communicating a heartbreak that’s pretty straightforward, all things considered. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonDec 11, 2017
Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero's film is a phantasmagoria of impressionistic horror, at once despairing, beautiful, haunting, and surreal. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenDec 14, 2017
Though its dark riches can at moments feel like overload, and its narrative thrust occasionally grows diffuse, the story casts an undeniable spell. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. ScottDec 14, 2017
Its enchantments are dark, its ideas somber and brutal. Read full review
60
We Got This CoveredDavid JamesDec 1, 2017
Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children is bizarre, imaginative and beautiful, but it's also crying out for a stronger narrative. Read full review
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