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      A Bird of the Air

      PG-13 Released Sep 23, 2011 1 hr. 38 min. Romance Comedy List
      30% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 58% 100+ Ratings Audience Score A librarian (Rachel Nichols), her basset hound and a wayward parrot turn a loner's (Jackson Hurst) well-ordered life upside down. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Dialogue is horrific, story is stupid and annoying. If you are over age 11 and have half a brain you're gonna hate this movie. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member The best part of the movie was watching to find out about the parrot's life history. I liked the way this movie was filmed, to look realistic and natural, not fake. This movie would have been much better if the actors were not "hollywood beautiful people", but with average looking actors. I would have liked to see the parrot more, not just the scenes where he spoke "clues". The ending was trying to be a happy ending, but I thought about Lyman giving up his life by basically being kidnapped by Fiona in Lyman's truck and trailer home, for 'his own good' according to Fiona. Then being driven to meet Fiona's family. Poor Lyman would never be free again, but controlled by Fiona for the rest of his life with her manipulative ways. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie will delight any fan of romantic comedies. It is a little quirkier than most, but the relationship between these two characters is so sweet that it has to be seen at least once. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Astonishingly delightful film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review walter m In "A Bird of the Air," Lyman(Jackson Hurst, of "Drop Dead Diva") is a loner who works nights for the New Mexico highway department. Otherwise, he spends his free time taking classes at the local community college and eats at a nearby diner. That holds true until an exotic parrot drops into his lap at the trailer where he lives. While researching the true owner of the parrot and the meaning behind his enigmatic sayings, Lyman runs into Fiona(Rachel Nichols, of "The Inside," "Alias," and "Continuum" but not the Rachel Nichols who works for ESPN), an itinerant librarian. "A Bird of the Air" is a engaging and amusing romantic comedy that refreshingly relies on a cute dog for its charm this time around, instead of the usual cute baby. Beneath the surface, the movie is about the quest for knowledge and how that can improve one's life, with the mythical west as a background. That's not to mention Rachel Nichols' winning goofy performance in a definite change of pace for her. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Though you could fit its story on the head of a pin, "A Bird of the Air" is a gently involving character dramedy with a pair of appealing leads who help give this offbeat movie flight. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times Though you could fit its story on the head of a pin, "A Bird of the Air" is a gently involving character dramedy with a pair of appealing leads who help give this offbeat movie flight. Rated: 3/5 Oct 7, 2011 Full Review Sara Stewart New York Post At its most entertaining when the parrot does the talking. Rated: 1/4 Sep 23, 2011 Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times An offbeat romance fueled by pets and pithy aphorisms. Rated: 2.5/5 Sep 22, 2011 Full Review James Plath Movie Metropolis Unfortunately, the film itself never quite feeds off the quirkiness or the energy, and so it remains a pleasant but not a profound film. Rated: 6/10 Apr 23, 2012 Full Review Nora Lee Mandel Film-Forward.com A lovely little modern screwball comedy that only hard-hearted cynics will resist. An unexpected bonus comes with the delightful stream of old pro's as...master storytellers. Rated: 8/10 Oct 9, 2011 Full Review David Noh Film Journal International Quirky screwball romance has many original points of interest, but is marred by fatal miscasting of a lead. Sep 23, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A librarian (Rachel Nichols), her basset hound and a wayward parrot turn a loner's (Jackson Hurst) well-ordered life upside down.
      Director
      Margaret Whitton
      Executive Producer
      Warren Spector
      Screenwriter
      Roger Towne
      Distributor
      Paladin
      Production Co
      Tashtego Films
      Rating
      PG-13 (Accident Images|Some Sexual Content)
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 23, 2011, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 2, 2017
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $10.2K
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