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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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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 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. Jun 18, 2016 Full Review Mark Kermode Observer (UK) 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. Rated: 4/5 Mar 8, 2015 Full Review Geoffrey Macnab Independent (UK) Araki blends film noir-like elements with an engagingly offbeat, Adrian Mole-like look at adolescence. Rated: 4/5 Mar 6, 2015 Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine With White Bird‘s central mystery mostly backgrounded, the unevenness of the main narrative thrust’s daily life segments weakens the impact considerably. Jan 24, 2023 Full Review Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema So rich, so juicy, so melodramatic that it is a delight to watch these actors sink their teeth into them. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 27, 2021 Full Review Nick Levine NME (New Musical Express) A slow-burning indie drama... Rated: 3/5 May 27, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member 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 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/24/24 Full Review Alain G 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. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/21/24 Full Review Kevin P How did so many talented actors end up in a film like this? Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/24 Full Review Victoria D The characters didn't have any emotional depth they all hated each other but it wasn't explained enough as to why the teenagers were "goth" I myself am a goth teenager goth is all about emotions and feelings it has nothing to do with sex I'm tired of seeing movies portraying us goth teenagers as wild sexual people we are not we like music and poetry sometimes clothes that are gothic in nature the mother had no character development neither did the father the relationship between the father and the boyfriend was random it didn't really make sense the scenes with the teenage girl and the detective were creepy and grotesque considering I'm the same age as her 17 the sex scenes didn't have any emotion they didn't really add to the plot and made me dislike the movie further the only good thing about this movie is the music and the interesting twist of the dead body being in the freezer I feel if actual goths watch this movie expecting to enjoy it they will be disappointed Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/31/23 Full Review Marlene R Insipid screenplay, lousy directing and amateurish acting that was embarrassing. A waste of good actors. Stopped watching after 45 minutes; only lasted that long because I thought maybe there was some satire or humor coming. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/23/23 Full Review Marcus H Wonderfully acted. Chris Meloni is such an actors actor! He transforms into so many diff characters. He can go from Nazi in Oz to heroic Stabler in SVU to this weak lil love starved meek husband in this role. Shailene Woodley did a good job playing sassy horny 17yo to melancholy young adult. Highly recommend seeing this Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/28/23 Full Review 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 30m
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