Firebird
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: April 29, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comNell MinowApr 29, 2022
This film is a bittersweet love story about characters burdened by oppression, but the theme of liberation is as palpable as the sense of loss. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinApr 29, 2022
Director Peeter Rebane and his co-writer (and star), Tom Prior (they also produced), have created a compelling, tender, tragic, occasionally melodramatic look at forbidden love and desire. Read full review
67
IndieWireJude DryApr 29, 2022
Prior and Zagorodnii are both so watchable, and their chemistry so electric, that it’s easy to get swept away in their romance. Historical accuracy be damned. Read full review
65
Film ThreatSumner ForbesMay 11, 2022
This is all competently executed, as Prior and Zagorodnii have impressive chemistry, and Rebane allows their performances to take center stage. Unfortunately, even though the two leads are a joy to watch, we can’t help but feel that we’ve seen what Firebird is offering before. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 25, 2022
There’s a reason romantic cliches became cliches. This is one way love develops, and as the script is taken from the memoirs of actor Sergey Fetisov, there’s only so much criticism that’s warranted about the waypoints of this romance. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenApr 29, 2022
There’s so much potential heart and heartbreak in Firebird’s tale of forbidden passion that the screenplay and the cautious pacing become frustrating; with every ache measured and spelled out, the film’s dogged striving for poetry too often leaves it feeling disappointingly prosaic. Read full review
50
TheWrapDan CallahanApr 29, 2022
Unfortunately, the second half of Firebird is far less involving than the first. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMark KeizerApr 27, 2022
Prior and Zagorodnii have a fair amount of chemistry, although both are so Fashion Week gorgeous that it edges Firebird near soft-core territory. Read full review
40
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeApr 28, 2022
Each line and image feels predetermined, as if Rebane and his characters had already decided this love story was a losing battle. There is loss, but little sense of risk. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezMay 4, 2022
There are clichés and then there are only clichés, and Firebird is suffocated by them. Read full review
33
The PlaylistOliver WeirMay 21, 2022
Prior and Zagorodnii are at their best in casual conversation, either exchanging sheepish glances or knowing pleasantries under the base’s Big Brother-ish nose. But as soon as things get serious or even faintly sentimental, they talk like the guys in the movies. Read full review
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