Fly Away Home 1996

Critics score:
86 / 100

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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The tender beauty of Carroll Ballard's ''Fly Away Home'' goes well beyond what might be expected from a movie about things that hatch. Read more

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Time Out: Anna Paquin proves again what an expressive, soulful actress she is, and Daniels' madcap dad is a winning study in hippy ingenuity and indefatigability. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: The dynamic between Daniels' vigorous, if self-involved, artist father and Paquin's initially sullen, eventually self-discovering teenager is warmly and believably conveyed, with both thesps doing strongly individualistic work. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: It's a movie about dreamers that, for once, doesn't make you feel like a sap for buying into their dreams. Read more