Bird - Reviews

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

...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.

Arnold’s direction of young, non-professional actors is another strength, and Adams, in her debut screen performance, flickers convincingly between affected toughness and shy vulnerability.

...fluidly drops in and out of reality and something more magical.

Barry Keoghan stars in a divisive, life-enhancing masterpiece.

Barry Keoghan further cements his rising-star status.

...a beautifully subtle, unexpected and fascinating watch.

...beautifully threads the line between the real and the surreal, walking the viewer through decrepit alleyways and rusty bridges to the sound of Coldplay and The Verve.

Andrea Arnold dabbles in bizarre surrealism with flawed fairy tale Bird.

...a sensitive, fairytale-like coming-of-age tale.

...en filmisk hymn om vänskap och fantasi som helande kraft.