Birdboy: The Forgotten Children

Name: Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Horror, Animation
Released: December 15, 2017
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Andrea Alzuri, Eva Ojanguren, Félix Arcarazo, Iker Diez, Jon Goiri

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| Release Date: December 15, 2017

Starring: Andrea Alzuri, Eva Ojanguren, Félix Arcarazo, Iker Diez, Jon Goiri, Jorge Carrero, Josu Cubero, Josu Varela, Maribel Legarreta, Nuria Marín

Summary: There is light and beauty, even in the darkest of worlds. Stranded on an island in a post-apocalyptic world, teenager Dinky and her friends hatch a dangerous plan to escape in the hope of finding a better life. Meanwhile, her old friend Birdboy has shut himself off from the world, pursued by the police and haunted by demon tormentors.There is light and beauty, even in the darkest of worlds. Stranded on an island in a post-apocalyptic world, teenager Dinky and her friends hatch a dangerous plan to escape in the hope of finding a better life. Meanwhile, her old friend Birdboy has shut himself off from the world, pursued by the police and haunted by demon tormentors. But unbeknownst to anyone, he contains a secret inside him that could change the world forever.… Expand

Director: Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Horror, Animation

Runtime: 76 min

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Sherilyn Connelly

Dec 21, 2017

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children is its own unique, damaged creature. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Dec 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

Robert Abele

Dec 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

Keith Watson

Dec 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

The Playlist Ally Johnson

Dec 20, 2017

What makes Birdboy: The Forgotten Children so effective is the ability to turn the innocent into the macabre. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Dec 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

David James

Dec 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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XxX-jesus-XxX

Jan 16, 2018

the movie is amazing and dark but the art is the selling point of the movie I can't even look away the animal were cute. at the end, it's a movie you should go watch it's in the sapinsh movie that looks like a Disney movie but it's not. PS don't watch the dub version of the movie it doesthe movie is amazing and dark but the art is the selling point of the movie I can't even look away the animal were cute. at the end, it's a movie you should go watch it's in the sapinsh movie that looks like a Disney movie but it's not. PS don't watch the dub version of the movie it does sound good… Expand

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RelatableCritic

Apr 28, 2020

Great animation, breathtaking dark atmosphere and great portion of emotions. Highly reccomend to everyone who love animation!

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MainAron

Jun 22, 2022

This is A Masterpiece That Make Me Cry. Im Never Cry Watching Movies Before. Story About Drugs,Demons And Animals.
11/10

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GameBoy89

Nov 9, 2021

It’s Adventure Time meets Samurai Jack which sounds awesome but I would rather just go watch the aforementioned shows. I like the animations just don’t watch the trailer beforehand which shows everything cool in the movie. Or just watch the trailer and slip the movie.

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