Bird

...a film about hope, as characters are confronted by the difference between the family they hoped for and the one that they have. And, thanks to a wonderfully uplifting final sequence, it will leave you with happy tears in your eyes.

...a magical, energetic marvel.

...an, at times, surreal coming-of-age drama, but one that never feels inauthentic.

Coming-of-age film races between gritty realism and magical fabulism.

What struck me more was the film’s interpretation of Bailey’s coming of age not as something to be mourned or that comes on too soon. Instead, it’s an activation.

Andrea Arnold’s wild, joyous coming-of-age drama.