Birds of America

This is one very odd movie I’ve seen lately. Without seeing the movie, you won’t get a very clear picture from this poster nor the synopsis. That is really a good strategy from the director, which makes you to see what’s in it, as I did. Well, its got nothing big or promising stuff that you’d expect, which might initially seem to you like “A Little Miss Sunshine”. But it takes a different course as the story unfolds. Though it has nothing great, alteast its bearable , unlike movies like “The Daredevil” that make you puke. Craig Lucas could’ve worked more on the story and direction. The Cinematographer, Yaron Orbach ( Never heard of this guy ) has tried something, but it looks like he has not delivered even what he intended. Its amateur, to say in a word. But, he has done a decent work for an offbeat movie, I should say. All the best to you career, Yaron. From the acting department, Matthew Perry looks perfect for these kind of middle class husband characters and he is almost the only known face apart from Hillary Swank and Lauren Graham. Hillary has nothing great in this movie to boast off in her career. But I’d say, though it seems strange for her to take up these small just-another-character roles, I can see her interest in doing all kind of roles. That’s something to be appreciated. Coming to Lauren, the darling wife of Matthew Perry, she has always been true to her role. She comes delivers her role perfectly and parts. But I don’t know why, out of two of her movies I’ve seen, she parts away from her husband temporarily and then she returns in the climax. I was talking about Evan Almighty and Birds of America. Anyways, that is just a silly coincidence. Ben Foster as Matthew Perry’s Bro, and Ginnifer Goodwin as Perry’s Sis, have been two good new finds. They have lived their characters on screen. They surely have a long way to go in Hollywood. Other than these , there is nothing much great to talk about. Its all about a normal middle-class American’s struggle on how he raises his odd younger siblings.
I didn’t like the director’s interest in giving such importance to shit. But anyways, that is the climax portion, that the director has intended to give a complete feel to his story. Try giving more meaningful climaxes hereafter, Craig.
At the end, if there is no other movie to watch, you can give a try watching these American Birds.
Some families do defy classification.

Rating :
2.5/5