Bird People 2014

Critics score:
58 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Wesley Morris, Grantland: Bird People has ideas about nature, human and otherwise. It's got a sense of romantic wonder. Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: It's deliciously risky, though Ferran falls far short of Icarus' folly, soaring low and returning to earth having risked too little. Read more

Mike D'Angelo, AV Club: A film that finds beauty and drama in the tiniest places. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: People are just like birds, this French drama asserts-over and over again, with mind-numbing obviousness, until you might feel like spreading your wings and flying away yourself. Read more

Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter: Two lost souls flock together, sort of, in an ambitious French film that takes flight in some highly unusual ways. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: An airport hotel may not seem the most inspiring of locations for a story of life-changing consequence, but French filmmaker Pascale Ferran's delicate, compassionate "Bird People" is just that sort of risk-taking existential adventure. Read more

David Denby, New Yorker: An artful experiment that only half works. Read more

Jordan Hoffman, New York Daily News: The best moments in "Bird People" soar to such heights that you almost want to forgive the parts that amount to mere droppings. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Viewed from a certain angle, "Bird People" is a very sad movie. But it's also a lark. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: Bird People finds new ways to anatomize 21st-century malaise. Read more

Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: The vehicle for the message feels haphazard, as if Ferran were trying to create a patchwork of various film types rather than one cohesive piece. Read more