Birdy
Birdy

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- 72/100 based on 24,215 votes
  • Released: 1984
  • Runtime: 120 mins
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  • Studio: TriStar Pictures
  • Genres: War - Drama

Philly boys Al and Birdy became friends in high school despite the extreme difference in their personalities, Al being the popular and athletic extrovert, Birdy the antisocial "weird" introvert. Al gave Birdy his nickname because of his fascination - obsession really - with birds, especially with flight. Al and Birdy have just completed their service of duty in the Vietnam War and have returned to the States. Al sustained some serious physical injuries, which required major r... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Birdy:

Matthew Modine
Nicolas Cage
John Harkins
Sandy Baron
Karen Young
Bruno Kirby

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Philly boys Al and Birdy became friends in high school despite the extreme difference in their personalities, Al being the popular and athletic extrovert, Birdy the antisocial "weird" introvert. Al gave Birdy his nickname because of his fascination - obsession really - with birds, especially with flight. Al and Birdy have just completed their service of duty in the Vietnam War and have returned to the States. Al sustained some serious physical injuries, which required major reconstructive surgery to his face. Birdy, however, returned from Vietnam seemingly emotionally scarred. He was missing in action for one month. He has not spoken since he was found. Despite his own medical issues, Al travels to the institution where Birdy is being kept to see if he can assist in getting Birdy out of his near comatose state. Having always had issues with authority, Al is less than forthright with the doctors about Birdy's mental state prior to the war. As Al tries whatever he can to help Birdy using tools from their shared history prior to the war, he deals with his own post-war mental state.

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ÜberCiné - 10/10 by Gregory WeinkaufThere's something truly beautiful about this friendship story, the adaptation is wonderful, the music brilliant, and the ending sublime.
Variety - 10/10 by Variety StaffBelying the lightheartedness of its title, Birdy is a heavy adult drama about best friends and the after-effects of war, but it takes too long to live up to its ambitious premise.
eFilmCritic.com - 10/10 by Rob GonsalvesMovies don't get more emo. But don't hold that against it.
Chicago Sun-Times - 10/10 by Roger EbertThe strangest thing about Birdy which is a very strange and beautiful movie indeed, is that it seems to work best at its looniest level, and is least at ease with the things it takes most seriously.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) - 9/10 by Ken HankeStriking Alan Parker film too often overlooked.
The Associated Press - 9/10 by Bob ThomasMr. Modine's performance is exceptionally sweet and graceful; Mr. Cage very sympathetically captures Al's urgency and frustration. Together, these actors work miracles with what might have been unplayable.
Washington Post - 8/10 by Paul AttanasioSome of director Alan Parker's compositions here are striking, expressionistic shots of dark shapes silhouetted against the blue light streaming through the asylum window. Then again, they're all the same -- after two hours, you're bored by them.
Spirituality and Practice - 8/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn audacious movie about friendship and survival in a world of varied violations to the human spirit.
EmanuelLevy.Com - 7/10 by Emanuel LevyThough largely confined to a military hospital, this post-Vietnam drama is powerfully acted by Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage.
The New Yorker - 5/10 by Pauline KaelIn flashback, we see the pair's friendship develop through their childhood, but despite the film's heavily symbolic tone, little is revealed about either of the characters or indeed the Vietnam War.

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