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White Bird in a Blizzard

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A teenager (Shailene Woodley) relishes her newfound freedom after her disturbed mother (Eva Green) vanishes, but the strange facts of the disappearance soon begin to haunt her.
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Critics Consensus

Part suburban thriller, part sexual awakening drama -- and fully convincing as neither -- White Bird in a Blizzard rests a little too heavily on Shailene Woodley's typically superlative work.

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Jason Bailey Flavorwire 06/18/2016
Woodley reminds us that she's not just the hippie queen of YA adaptations, but a bracing actress who's not averse to taking some gutty risks. Go to Full Review
Mark Kermode Observer (UK) 03/08/2015
4/5
This dreamy/nightmarish weirdie finds Araki reining in his anarchic excesses with rewarding results, as his satirical sensuality reaps the benefits of a heavily orchestrated deadpan formality. Go to Full Review
Geoffrey Macnab Independent (UK) 03/06/2015
4/5
Araki blends film noir-like elements with an engagingly offbeat, Adrian Mole-like look at adolescence. Go to Full Review
Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine 01/24/2023
With White Bird‘s central mystery mostly backgrounded, the unevenness of the main narrative thrust’s daily life segments weakens the impact considerably. Go to Full Review
Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema 10/27/2021
3.5/5
So rich, so juicy, so melodramatic that it is a delight to watch these actors sink their teeth into them. Go to Full Review
Nick Levine NME (New Musical Express) 05/27/2021
3/5
A slow-burning indie drama... Go to Full Review
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Jelisije J Nov 13 While this film had an interesting premise I don't care that film is really a story about a young girl coming of age story instead of a murder mystery movie. See more Brent G May 20 I’d imagine the book this film is adapted from is a much more suitable medium for this story and probably very good, but this movie is awful. There’s a line in which Shailene Woodley’s character is narrating about her therapy sessions in which she describes her therapist (played by the amazing Angela Bassett) as an “actor acting as a therapist” and that she herself was acting along. That’s kind of how I felt about a majority of the characters in this film, they were less real and more-so actors acting like actors. It is really a bizarrely bad movie. See more Jeffrey P Dec 15 It caught me by surprise and was difficult to stop watching despite very little tension and suspense, which is what I think I kept watching for, but instead alot of narration. I was not expecting the ending it delivered, but it left things 'up in the air' as it didn’t exactly clarify enough. See more Terry S 12/06/2024 IZnteresting and kind of sexy--But not really my kind of film. See more 10/24/2024 it's Shailene Woodley's most mature and grownup role to date she plays a girl named Kat who's mother suddenly disappears and two years pass without any clue of what might have happened Greg Araki directs the film with a few familiar trademarks; the flashbacks and the dream sequences are beautiful Eva Greene as the strange and unusual mother is excellent along with the oblivious, clueless husband played by Chris Meloni it does have the 1980's time era in tact as well Kat is very much throughout a majority of the movie a 'white bird' trapped in a state of confusion trying to find her way out is it possible her mother left on her own or did something else happen that she's unaware of? the ending is quite nerve-wracking when the pieces come together it can be stressful and deadpan at times but Araki adapts the bestselling book into an emotional and flowing trip Still works after 10 years See more Alain G 08/21/2024 Just seen this now and it was a great movie. Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Christopher Meloni were great to watch and I am glad I have added this to my collection. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A teenager (Shailene Woodley) relishes her newfound freedom after her disturbed mother (Eva Green) vanishes, but the strange facts of the disappearance soon begin to haunt her.
Director
Gregg Araki
Producer
Pascal Caucheteux, Sebastien K. Lemercier, Alix Madigan, Pavlina Hatoupis
Screenwriter
Gregg Araki
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Desperate Pictures
Rating
R (Sexual Content/Nudity|Language|Some Drug Use)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 24, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 21, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$33.5K
Runtime
1h 50m
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