Follow That Bird
Sesame Workshop | Release Date: August 2, 1985 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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The New York TimesWalter Goodman
The teaching of letters and numbers, for which Sesame Street is famous, is played down here in favor of messages about getting along. Read full review
60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Simple premise has the slightly goofy yellow, eight-foot fowl Big Bird taken away from Sesame Street by the officious Miss Finch so he can grow up among his own kind, a bird family named the Dodos, in Oceanview, Ill. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Naturally, Big Bird meets some intriguing people going East. Lots of cameos are here to delight parents who take the kids to see this movie. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneGene Siskel
The script of Follow That Bird simply plays like a TV vignette blown up to movie size, failing to fill both the screen and our imagination. [06 Aug 1985, p.5C]
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Parents will yawn, but younger children may enjoy the fun. [09 Aug 1985, p.24]
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