"Birdy" is also a well-regulated movie where Parker knows how to sustain the interest in the past sequences as well as present sequences (Birdy's room hospital). The script is original, clever, moving, beautifully written. This is a film of music, not about it, and one of the most extraordinary things about it is that we are really, literally, hearing Parker on the soundtrack.

Was this review helpful? Durant toute la première demi-heure, j'étais très sceptique devant ce que je voyais : les personnages, en particulier celui de Matthew Modine, ne provoquaient pas d'empathie chez moi et les interprétations des jeunes comédiens, surtout Nicolas Cage, étaient loin d'être justes et ça me sortait littéralement du film. Matthew Modine plays the introverted "Birdy." Most importantly, we go inside Birdy's life and begin to glimpse the depth of his obsession with birds. Bill and Dianne's Excellent Adventure. "Loach is strong on details; some of the best scenes are of Ricky’s “day at the office”: loading boxes under pressure, fighting traffic..."Horrific and lengthy, no uplifting message, notable for people who've walked out, it's about demonizing the "other," relevant to us now.There's a mechanical quality that can make it difficult to become involved. All rights reserved. Note: this is best read *after* having seen Birdy, as it contains some general spoilers. Both Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage portrayed their characters beautifully. Was this review helpful? 2 out of 2 found this helpful. It has the MOST PERFECT ending of any movie ever! Was this review helpful? Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf are electric as warring daughter and mother in Greta Gerwig’s beautifully observed comedy-dramaSet in Sacramento, California in 2002, it centres on Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), a high-schooler who behaves with the unselfconscious conviction of a young kid. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Birdy … The type of movie that gets under your skin and stays with you for days - the images -visually/musically are truly haunting and quite moving.

The German critic Barbara Schweizerhof gave the film a 4 out of 5 possible stars, complimenting the director's satirical virtuosity in making the film.

Was this review helpful? You will not discover anything new about war in this movie, but you will find out a whole lot about how it feels to be in love with a canary. most recommended to people who liked Midnight express or the wall. In the last split second, we find out. They have two immensely difficult roles, and both are handicapped in the later scenes by being denied access to some of an actor's usual tools; for Cage, his face; for Modine, his whole human persona. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. She insists she be called by her “given” name of Though the film gives us milestones from Lady Bird’s coming of age, its key preoccupation is the jagged relationship between Lady Bird and her mother Marion (However, it is Gerwig’s tidy pacing, vividly drawn characters (see Timothée Chalamet’s bit-part as a floppy-haired mobile phone sceptic who smokes roll-ups and “trying as much as possible not to participate in our economy”), and eye for period detail (like her use of the Dave Matthews Band) that mark her as a keen observer of the small things that make a good movie great. I have had this movie for years and had only watched it in FF, just to know how it felt... And I never felt really attracted to watch it. Retrouvez les 154 critiques et avis pour le film Birdy, réalisé par Alan Parker avec Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins.

Was this review helpful? It does lend itself to a number of interpretations, most of which say more bout the viewer than the film :). In what was at the time his biggest role, Cage is dynamic as Birdy's friend, displaying a volatile combination of empathy and anger. 12 out of 12 found this helpful. Et sur ce, Ciao Mario! Was this review helpful? After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird. I can't believe I took so long to get round to seeing this AMAZING FILM! (I was flipping through the channels one quiet evening at home when I stumbled across this picture, "Birdy.") It's such a great growing-up buddy flick.

Modine brings a gentle sensibility to the title role of a bird lover so traumatized that he no longer speaks or acknowledges anyone. Those who say detracting things about the ending must not get it, must not have been paying attention! Best scene: Modine's flight dream; best emotional scene: the death of his beloved prize canary. Was this review helpful? BIRDY (1984) **** Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, Karen Young, Bruno Kirby. Where have all the great movie makers like Alan Parker gone? Was this review helpful? This one, "Birdy" will surely rank among his best movies. Roger Ebert, in his review for the Chicago Sun-Times, awarded the film four stars out of four, writing, "Birdy ... tells a story so unlikely ... and yet a story so interesting it is impossible to put this movie out of my mind."