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Jonathan Livingston Seagull

1973 · 1h 39m · G Drama, Family
Directed by Hall Bartlett

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Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his sea-gull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in quest for wisdom.

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Now there's nothing wrong with uplift, except that exhortations customarily are banal. That is, the end is nearly destroyed by the means.

Variety Staff, Variety
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This has got to be the biggest pseudocultural, would-be metaphysical ripoff of the year.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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Richard Bach's best-selling parable for freshmen becomes on screen a very spelled-out allegory, complete with flat voice-overs and pretentious Neil Diamond soundtrack.

Time Out

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