Rotten
People are just like birds, this French drama asserts-over and over again, with mind-numbing obviousness, until you might feel like spreading your wings and flying away yourself.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Bird People
2014 · 2h 8m · UNRATED
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Pascale Ferran
Overview
An overstressed American businessman and a French chambermaid make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An airport hotel may not seem the most inspiring of locations for a story of life-changing consequence, but French filmmaker Pascale Ferran's delicate, compassionate "Bird People" is just that sort of risk-taking existential adventure.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
The vehicle for the message feels haphazard, as if Ferran were trying to create a patchwork of various film types rather than one cohesive piece.
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
Fresh
Bird People has ideas about nature, human and otherwise. It's got a sense of romantic wonder.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Rotten
An artful experiment that only half works.
David Denby, New Yorker
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