Bird Box

2018

2h 4m

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6.8/10

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Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

Directors

Susanne Bier

Writers

Eric Heisserer(screenplay by)

Josh Malerman(novel by)

Stars

Sandra Bullock

Trevante Rhodes

John Malkovich

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Top cast

Malorie Hayes

Tom

Douglas

Jessica

Cheryl

Lucy

Olympia

Charlie

Gary

Felix

Greg

Rick

Girl …

Boy …

Dr. Lapham

Lydia

Samantha

Jason

Directors

Susanne Bier

Writers

Eric Heisserer(screenplay by)

Josh Malerman(novel by)

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Decent watch, might watch again, and can recommend, at least as a one-off. I have technical frustrations with this movie, but it's premise alone is interesting enough that anyone interested in survival style movies should watch it, though I'm not sure how many people are re-watching this. The movie is cast very well: Sandra Bullock and Jon Malkovich, both wonderfully portray jerk characters in completely different lights, along side several supporting actors who all deliver adequately or better. As most of the movie takes place inside a single house, they manage to keep things interesting there and vary up a few select locations, to include a city that is amazingly detailed in all the chaos unfurling and a river that is somehow both expanse enough you could feel lost and also claustrophobic in its restriction: it's a movie that presents very well. My big qualm is the structure of the writing: not the writing itself. All the dialogue and story arcs are great, but the RIDICULOUS insistence on re-ordering a story and not benefiting from it is just annoying. The second half of the story is interspersed with the first half of the story so you alternate back and forth. Really, who tells a story and jumps ahead 3/5 of the way, then back, then when you get to the 3/5 mark, not reiterate what is happening there. I might watch this again, but I know I won't truly enjoy it until I finally take the time to edit into the correct order.

Kamurai28 Jul, 2020