The Big Year
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- interz813 december 2025The original theatrical release was a good movie, but this far superior extended version (with John Cleese narration) is magnificent. Steve Martin shines in a rare, gentle, non-comedic role, as do the rest of the tremendous cast including Jack Black, Rashida Jones, Angelica Huston, and the great Brian Dennehy. A beautiful, moving, joyous, visually gorgeous tale of obsession, love, travel, friendship, and the majesty of the natural world. Not to mention the smokin' soundtrack which includes top songs by Guster and Coldplay. I'd likely put this extended version in my top ten favorite films of all time.
- lavlavs4 april 2026A decent comedy. The birder in me would've loved seeing more of the birds, though. There's a moment with the antagonist of the film that happens where you kinda of just know how the end of the film must play out after, but I'm glad there's kind of a twist to it. There was a really obvious way to end the movie that I'm glad it didn't end on.
- ርልዪረ2 februari 2025Birding (bird watching) and the 'Big Year' challenge of spotting as many birds as possible in a year may not seem the most exciting of subjects for a film, but The Big Year manages to engage and entertain throughout. Jack Black, Steve Martin & Owen Wilson play (essentially themselves) Birders all seeking to set a new record for the number of species spotted. Whilst badged as a comedy, it's no rip-roarer (Jack Black falls over a couple of times, which is about the extent of it) but the film is certainly light hearted and completely harmless. I'm not a birder, or particularly interested in our feathered friends, but I was drawn in by the concept and particularly the beautiful scenery across the USA. There are also some really powerful messages within the plot, which are delivered subtly and thoughtfully. If you want good, clean, family fun with the potential for a few laughs and broadening of the mind then you could do a lot worse.
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The Big Year was released on 14 oktober 2011.
The Big Year was directed by David Frankel.
The Big Year has a runtime of 1 u, 42 m.
The Big Year was produced by Curtis Hanson, Karen Rosenfelt, Stuart Cornfeld.
Het verhaal volgt drie mannen (Jack Black, Owen Wilson en Steve Martin) die geobsedeerd zijn door het vogelspotten. Ze beginnen aan een ware queeste om elkaar de loef af te steken door zoveel mogelijk verschillende soorten vogels in Noord-Amerika te vinden. Op hun zoektocht, die symbool staat voor de vele uitdagingen die ze moeten aangaan in hun levens, worden ze niet alleen geplaagd door zee- en hoogteziekte, insecten en schulden, maar zullen ze ook met elkaar moeten afrekenen.
The key characters in The Big Year are Stu Preissler (Steve Martin), Brad Harris (Jack Black), Kenny Bostick (Owen Wilson).
The Big Year is rated 6.
The Big Year is a Komedie film.
The Big Year has an audience rating of 4.1 out of 10.
The Big Year had a budget of US$ 41 mln..
The Big Year has made US$ 8,2 mln. at the box office.