Bird had just enough touching magical moments to outweigh its misses and a few lulling sections to sway me towards an overall positive outlook. When Bird works it's quite affecting. It manages to capture the idiosyncracies of the setting quite well and pairs an alarming grittyness dealing with familial neglect, dysfunction and the growing pains of growing up in such an impoverished chaotic environment coupled with identity and sexuality discoveries. It's heavy and almost overwhelming but kept in balance by moments of whimsy and Barry Keoghan's charisma.
Bird had just enough touching magical moments to outweigh its misses and a few lulling sections to sway me towards an overall positive outlook. When Bird works it's quite affecting. It manages to capture the idiosyncracies of the setting quite well and pairs an alarming grittyness dealing with familial neglect, dysfunction and the growing pains of growing up in such an impoverished chaotic environment coupled with identity and sexuality discoveries. It's heavy and almost overwhelming but kept in balance by moments of whimsy and Barry Keoghan's charisma.




















