The Angry Birds Movie
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 20, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
6
Negative:
13
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshMay 20, 2016
Proves to be more than just a gimmick, and it doesn't skimp on any of the quirky wackiness that you might expect from a film about blob-shaped, flightless birds battling pigs. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorMay 19, 2016
And, make no mistake, this is a movie that is supposed to be seen from the perspective of a small child. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversMay 19, 2016
There's no denying the movie's high spirits or its irresistible invitation to shake your sillies out. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattMay 18, 2016
The 3-D animated film delivers a mildly diverting mix of winky meta-jokes and moral lessons, cannily aimed at both the next generation of tiny consumers and their more sophisticated parents. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinMay 7, 2016
The animation punches well above its weight with properly Looney Tunes-standard sight gags, polished, highly expressive character design, and rendering so intensely computed nearly every barbule and rachis on each individual feather is visible. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeMay 7, 2016
A fast, fizzy and frenetically entertaining extension of the manic gaming franchise. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMay 23, 2016
Calling The Angry Birds Movie an “animated film” is giving it airs. It’s a cartoon. Deal with it. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldMay 19, 2016
The Angry Birds Movie is unnecessary but cute, like a bonnet on a cat — and there are certainly worse recommendations than that. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelMay 19, 2016
Screenwriter Jon Vitti and first-time directors Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis certainly give it a try, but their bag of tricks is mostly recycled and their sense of humor is aimed squarely at 12-year-old boys. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniMay 19, 2016
Don't get me wrong. Angry Birds doesn't depict any on-camera violence against person, bird, or pig. But there's a darkness at the heart of this movie that's hard to reconcile. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoMay 19, 2016
What starts out as a lowbrow gag very typical of a pedestrian ’toon gradually balloons into absurdity that Mel Brooks would probably love. Here, at least, the Angry Birds fly. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonMay 8, 2016
The Angry Birds Movie is fitfully funny but tends towards a madcap mixture of comedy and action which never develops much forward momentum. The joke-a-minute approach misses more than it hits, although the bright animation and adorably-rendered characters are decent compensation. Read full review
40
ScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneyMay 24, 2016
If Angry Birds fully embraced its message, it could have been a refreshing surprise. But like the mindless video game that inspired it, there’s little here beyond fleeting satisfaction. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonMay 11, 2016
If you loved the game, you might enjoy watching the script contort itself into ever more zany shapes to incorporate the necessary elements: giant slings, teetering towers, boomeranging toucans. But it’s not enough to counteract the tiresome, sub-Lego Movie snarkiness of the script or the bright, busy and unengaging animation. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaMay 19, 2016
The Angry Birds Movie isn’t a total turkey. The animation itself is OK and I did laugh out loud once. Read full review
38
New York PostLou LumenickMay 19, 2016
Smartphone apps don’t particularly lend themselves well to political allegory or satire. But that’s precisely what the makers of this fitfully amusing animated adaptation of the once-popular game seem to be fruitlessly attempting. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineEric HendersonMay 17, 2016
The Angry Birds Movie is a lot of things, but none of them true to the app's appeal. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 16, 2016
Sudeikis is well-cast as a bird whose “cardinal sin” is cynicism, but he has virtually nothing funny to say. Read full review
37
Washington PostJen ChaneyMay 19, 2016
After paying good money to take your family to see this film, you may be dealing with some anger-management issues of your own.
33
ConsequenceBlake GobleMay 18, 2016
It should come as no surprise that The Angry Birds Movie is a loud and dumb children’s film, but for what it’s worth, there are plenty of cinematic commercial ventures that are louder and dumber and so on than the well-meaning and slickly sold Birds. Read full review
33
IndieWireSteve GreeneMay 8, 2016
Perhaps just as disappointing as the haphazard storytelling is the squandering of a top-flight voice ensemble. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMay 19, 2016
The kids of today deserve better. So do I, come to think of it. Read full review
30
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMay 7, 2016
The Angry Birds Movie basically hits all the squares on the Lazily Conceived Family Cartoon bingo card. Read full review
25
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallMay 19, 2016
The Angry Birds Movie is simply a pointless swirl of color and motion to babysit small children on home video in a few months. Sadly, such movies aren't an endangered species. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerMay 18, 2016
Most of the movie is lazily retrofitted for a variety of marketing opportunities. Some kids will probably like it anyway. But some kids also like toy commercials and singing chipmunks. It doesn’t mean they should actually watch them. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsStephen Whitty May 18, 2016
The Angry Birds Movie is just fowl. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovMay 18, 2016
Maybe it’s supposed to be the enlightening tale of one bird’s self-redemption from neurotic negativity, but I just wanted to punch this film in the snout. Read full review
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