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- PG-13
- BfParis
- 2 h
- 2024
- PG-13
- BfParis
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Summary Julian (Bryce Gheisar) has struggled to belong ever since he was expelled from his former school for his treatment of Auggie Pullman. To transform his life, Julian’s grandmother (Helen Mirren) finally reveals to Julian her own story of courage — during her youth in Nazi-occupied France, a boy shelters her from mortal danger. They find fi...
Directed By: Marc Forster
Written By: Mark Bomback, R.J. Palacio
In Theaters Now
- 2024
- PG-13
- BfParis
- 2 h
- 2024
- PG-13
- BfParis
- 2 h
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Summary Julian (Bryce Gheisar) has struggled to belong ever since he was expelled from his former school for his treatment of Auggie Pullman. To transform his life, Julian’s grandmother (Helen Mirren) finally reveals to Julian her own story of courage — during her youth in Nazi-occupied France, a boy shelters her from mortal danger. They find fi...
Directed By: Marc Forster
Written By: Mark Bomback, R.J. Palacio
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
54
50% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
29% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
21% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
54
50% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
29% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
21% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
With elegant acting from its two young leads and picturesque cinematography from Matthias Koenigswieser, it serves as a competently executed morality play for audiences craving a bit of unambiguous humanism.
The strength of White Bird lies in its young performers, especially Glaser and Schwerdt, who deliver complex, nuanced performances of young people experiencing their part of global atrocities on an intimate scale, while also trying to navigate the complications of connecting as young teenagers. They are both excellent, and keep the film emotionally grounded.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
6.2
67% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
6.2
67% Positive
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0% Mixed
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33% Negative
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The BEST historical/romantic inspired movie since the Titanic!
I want to start off saying that I am not a typical movie reviewer. I rarely make reviews. In fact, this is either the first or second one I've made on this site ever.I chose this movie to go and see in theatre's based on the trailers I've seen and primarily because I've always had a deep fascination with WW2, and being a WW2 buff, I was interested in seeing itThis has got to be one of the most amazing movies I've ever seen. I was mind blown by the realism and beauty of it all, it had be sobbing in tears all throughout the movie. It has far exceeded my expectations.This movie really managed to capture the brutality executed by the germans. In so many other WW2 style movies, they are often portrayed as men "just doing their job", but in this movie we see the complete ruthlessness and merciless of the german **** film has many inspirational and moraliatic messages involved in it and manages to encapture the embodiment of kindness itself and how one act of so, can impact a person's life for years to ****'s not very long into the movie we see Julian, a boy who was barely noticed by Sarah, who is a jew, but he rescued her from the **** who were trying to find her and the other Jewish class mates, and brought her to his family, where they took her in and where she stayed in hiding for almost 2 **** a personal note, it was amazing to see someone of such virtue and selflessness portrayed in this. The fact that this relationship was not kindled and fueled by lust or typical hormones, or any such selfish gain. The fact that he countlessly risked his life for her, every day for nearly 2 years, taking care of her, despite the fact she ignored him as class mates together, loving and encouraging her in her artistic abilities, with zero alterior motives, and even putting aside any personal feelings, making her safety his priority above all else, asking nothing in return, is the epitome of a true and selfless **** only more people from today's youth and our younger generations could see what love truly is (and not in the very selfish manner it is deemed in today's society) as well as, the heavy impact of kindness in and of itself, and if only more people from today's generations could be made more aware of the realism and of those treacherous times that were a very signicant part of our world history .
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Despite its flaws, the film has plenty of memorable, engaging moments thanks to strong characters and a story that feels true to history while offering some hope along the way.
By Nick Bythrow
FULL REVIEW
The film’s intentions are unquestionably noble, but the execution falls wildly short, even with so many talented artists involved.
As Sara and Julien bide their time in the barn, escaping into their imagination, Forster keeps himself interested by turning the movie into an ode to cinema.
Covering the same ground in an utterly conventional, voice-over-narrated-to-death melodrama gives us a film with no thrills, little suspense and, thanks to generally bland performances, almost no emotional resonance.
One could argue that Forster and company calibrate their anodyne effects to make a Holocaust narrative that’s palatable for younger viewers. But what mostly resonates is a particularly lachrymose brand of show-business hedging.
Marc Forsters tem todos os cacoetes dos filmes manipulativos, e ainda bem. Me fez chorar e ficar desidratado no cinema. A ligação com "Extraordinário" já cria uma empatia imediata, já que o garoto é maravilhoso no papel, mas o filme consegue se sustentar por si só, o que já demonstra que os realizadores sabiam muito bem o que estavam fazendo. Partindo de uma história consistente sobre uma garota judia quez com talento e imaginação, além da ajuda de muitas pessoas, consegue sobreviver ao regime ****, por mais que tudo já esteja retratado exaustivamente no cinema, a mensagem é excepcionalmente emocionante. Preparem os lenços.
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Production Company
Lionsgate,
Participant,
Kingdom Story Company,
Media Capital Technologies,
Mandeville Films,
2DUX²
Release Date Oct 4, 2024
Duration 2 h
Rating PG-13
Tagline One act of kindness lives on forever.
Website
https://whitebird.movie/