The Birdcatcher

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Alain E Unfortunately, this is unwatchable if you have an IQ over 10. The photography is indeed excellent and the acting not bad, but the script should had been left on a shelf. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/22/24 Full Review Clive C Despite the "critics" churlish reviews, I found this a touching film with the underrated Sarah-Sofie Boussnina superb once again in the leading role. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/10/25 Full Review Bob S very moving tense and beautiful. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/23 Full Review Ian W There is something about this film that resonates. It is well directed, with good cinematography and music. It tells a story of both the primeval and the enduring humanity amongst evil in its better sweet story of survival and love. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/01/23 Full Review Martin B Forget the critic reviews this is a heart rendering tale that will keep you engaged once you get past the first half hour or so. An unlikely scenario perhaps but the engaging none the less. The lead character discards her wet bright red coat that could be dried to keep her warm but symbolic of her life changing and never bright again as it drifts down the river. The barren winter landscape beautiful but inhospitable much like living in her homeland now controlled by Nazi's. Every character coming together in scenes yet virtually all having different goals that can never be reconciled. All having secrets. The ending both tragic and poignant at the same time. Our heroin escaping what most Jews could not in Nazi occupied territory while many of her enemies she had to endure silently did meet their end. The anti climax showing the girl now a woman that lost so much but never lost her humanity. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/10/23 Full Review Audience Member I found this more watchable, even at times moving, than the critics did. The ending especially touched me, the Jewish girl's quiet kindness to the woman who both helped to protect her disguise and betrayed her husband and nation. I am not a movie critic by trade, but I did help design and teach a college course called Literature and History of the Holocaust, have written and spoken on the subject, travelled to Poland and other eastern European countries, visited the sites of several death camps as well as several museums, and befriended a man, now gone, who survived Auschwitz. Most movies can't come close to the actual horror, but this one makes a decent attempt to convey something of the courage and resourcefulness of a Jew in hiding and those who at huge risk helped her stay hidden and ultimately survive. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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