Bird People

Released Sep 12, 2014

2 hr. 8 min.

Drama

Romance

List

59%

37 Reviews

Tomatometer

40%

250+ Ratings

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An overstressed American businessman (Anaïs Demoustier) and a French chambermaid (Josh Charles) make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.

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Critics Consensus

Bird People is admirably ambitious, but its handful of high-flying moments don't add up to a consistently compelling film.

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Alec B

There's a moment, about 2/3 of the way in, that will either win you over completely or lose you. I can't say much more for fear of spoiling it, but sufficed to say I'm firmly in the former camp as it blows up the story in such an exciting way without being inconsistent with the rest of the film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/13/23

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Audience Member

Starts as a promising film with the first part starring Josh Charles and his midlife crisis. However, as it continues it gets unclear and scattered, as if the plot's details weren't put together enough.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

Interesting movie. Both connected and unconnected. For a 2014 movie, everyone sure smokes a lot.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Hassiel M

Taking care of creating an amazing environment with the increasing perfection in the composition of the images, and the confidence of the actors, you can almost feel the truthfulness of their actions until you realize that all its strengths are lost to the lousy unstructured script and the over compensating dialogues. The repetitive reactions and the lack of depth given to the characters in no moment lets you know neither Josh Charles nor Anais Demoustier, and the intentions behind their actions stay forever in their minds; and it's such a shame because for a moment the beautiful metaphor it's almost worth it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/23/15

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Audience Member

Starts out so well, very interesting turn about three quarters of the way through, but then it goes nowhere.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Det kom til et vendepunkt og da falt jeg av.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Pascale Ferran

Director

Anaïs Demoustier

Audrey Camuzet

Josh Charles

Gary Newman

Roschdy Zem

Simon

Camélia Jordana

Leila

Akela Sari

Mme Baccar

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

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.

Nov 6, 2014

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

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.

Sep 25, 2014

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Stephanie Merry

Washington Post

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.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 25, 2014

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

The film is too cold and strained to be at the caliber of the kind of movie that goes from realism to the fantastic. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 17, 2023

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

This is CGI even more invisible than David Fincher’s color correction — I couldn’t spot it at all, which means the job’s been done perfectly.

Jan 24, 2023

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C.J. Prince

Way Too Indie

Through such a bold stroke of originality, Bird People highlights the boundless opportunities makes available through storytelling.

Rated: 7.9/10

Jun 15, 2019

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Synopsis

An overstressed American businessman (Anaïs Demoustier) and a French chambermaid (Josh Charles) make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.

Director: Pascale Ferran
Screenwriter: Pascale Ferran, Guillaume Bréaud
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Archipel 35, Titre et Structure Production, France 2 Cinema
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 12, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 13, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.2K
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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