12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.
Rated 4.0 / 5 from 2 logs on Katalog
Many movies about children brought up in poverty take the tragedy route I’m often conflicted about. BIRD, however, is a tender coming-of-age that, in my opinion, doesn’t cross that line of poverty exploitation. It shows bonds between children born into messy circumstances and adults who were children born into messy circumstances. It shows a vicious cycle of generational trauma, but it also shows the compassion and protectiveness that can arise from such shared experiences. And regardless of the circumstances, it’s a deeply empathetic portrayal of that awkward age of 12 when you’re vulnerable and confused and invisible and feel something shifting but not quite sure what (it’s puberty and it’s going to suck).
Good and slightly distressing underprivileged slice of life à #[movie:406:La Haine (1995)] or #[tv:900:Skins (2007)] but with surrealism peppered in. Didn't hit as hard of others of its type for some reason, despite great performances and cinematography and soundtrack. These movies always make me sad for the children.
Pretty solid social drama and coming-of-agr film as is but Franz Rogowski's character adds another layer to it. He appears as some absolute dream-like Otherness, I wish the film maintained and explored this tone of strangeness rather than defuse it into simple esotericism.
