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Free Birds

Play trailer 1:57 Poster for Free Birds PG 2013 1h 31m Kids & Family Holiday Comedy Adventure Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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20% Tomatometer 89 Reviews 45% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings
Pardoned by the president, a lucky turkey (Owen Wilson) named Reggie gets to live a carefree lifestyle, until fellow fowl Jake (Woody Harrelson) recruits him for a history-changing mission. Jake and Reggie travel back in time to the year 1621, just before the first Thanksgiving. The plan: Prevent all turkeys from ever becoming holiday dinners. Unfortunately, the two birds encounter colonist Myles Standish (Colm Meaney), out to capture feathered friends for all the hungry Pilgrims.
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Technically proficient yet creatively moribund, Free Birds begs unfortunate comparisons with the dim-witted fowl that inspired it.

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Mark Kermode Observer (UK) 12/01/2013
2/5
Anyone who's seen Chicken Run will wonder why they're not enjoying a well-constructed Aardman animation rather than attempting to make sense of this incoherent transatlantic trifle. Go to Full Review
Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard 11/29/2013
2/5
Ultimately embarrassing and even offensive but has an offbeat premise, some neat characters and plenty of guffaw-worthy gags. Go to Full Review
Sophie Monks Kaufman Little White Lies 11/29/2013
2/5
Surely Owen Wilson can do a lot better than a slipshod animation about time travelling turkeys? Go to Full Review
Richard Crouse Richard Crouse 01/31/2021
2.5/5
Feels average, like a flightless bird trying to soar with the Pixars of the genre. Go to Full Review
Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See 07/08/2020
B-
It's nice to get a Thanksgiving movie that doesn't revolve around tedious family drama. Though you may wind up having in uncomfortable conversation with your kids about exactly where your holiday meal comes from. Go to Full Review
Kathi Maio The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 03/11/2020
Much can be overlooked if such a movie is rollicking good fun. But Free Birds isn't even that. That's right, I'm going to say it. It's a turkey-and not one of the time-traveling freedom-fighter species, either. Go to Full Review
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Horror fan 4 22h This is a fun time traveling comedy. Woody and Owen bring this all together with those brilliant voices. Gobble Gobble Baby!!! Tim Treakle See more Bautista V Nov 29 Me cambie de religión por esta pelicula See more kiera s Nov 28 goated movie it’s just something silly to put on around the holidays See more Anne H Nov 28 its a really funny, silly, light movie to watch with friends. See more Landyn H Nov 28 people in 2013 stupid as hell Greatest Thanksgiving movie ever existed at 10 out of 10 See more Logan G Nov 28 I genuinely enjoy this movie. It’s a light comedy and remains a focal point every year for Thanksgiving. I’m not sure why all the "critics" seem to hate it so much. Sure, it’s not a cinematic masterpiece, but does everything need to be? See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Pardoned by the president, a lucky turkey (Owen Wilson) named Reggie gets to live a carefree lifestyle, until fellow fowl Jake (Woody Harrelson) recruits him for a history-changing mission. Jake and Reggie travel back in time to the year 1621, just before the first Thanksgiving. The plan: Prevent all turkeys from ever becoming holiday dinners. Unfortunately, the two birds encounter colonist Myles Standish (Colm Meaney), out to capture feathered friends for all the hungry Pilgrims.
Director
Jimmy Hayward
Producer
Scott Mosier
Screenwriter
Scott Mosier, Jimmy Hayward
Distributor
Relativity Media
Production Co
Relativity, Reel FX Animation Studios
Rating
PG (Some Action/Peril|Rude Humor)
Genre
Kids & Family, Holiday, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 1, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 31, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$55.7M
Runtime
1h 31m
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