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Birds of America (2008) -- A regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister cause about town.

Overview

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6.4/10   1,773 votes
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Director:
Craig Lucas
Writer (WGA):
Elyse Friedman (written by)
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Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Some families defy classification
Plot:
A regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister cause about town. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Matthew Perry ... Morrie

Ben Foster ... Jay

Ginnifer Goodwin ... Ida

Lauren Graham ... Betty Tanager

Zoë Kravitz ... Gillian

Hilary Swank ... Laura

Gary Wilmes ... Paul
Daniel Eric Gold ... Gary

Stacie Theon ... Ellen Thomas
Lindsay Allen ... Roller-Blading Girl

Tom Pelphrey ... Hitchhiker
Will Toale ... Young Male Cop
Vivien Kells ... Sleeping Girl (as Vivien Kells O'Brien)
Keith McDermott ... Man in Street
Marisa Zalabak ... Woman in Street
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Laws of Motion (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, some sexuality and brief drug use.
Runtime:
85 min | USA:89 min (Sundance Film Festival)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:R | Finland:K-13
Filming Locations:
Darien, Connecticut, USA more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Ida: Sometimes kindness is wiser than truth. more
Soundtrack:
Acoustic more

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15 out of 64 people found the following comment useful:-
Begelman would be shocked SHOCKED!, 16 August 2008
2/10
Author: Dotacion from SoPas, CA, USA

Boring attempt at a quirky indie feature with mainstream actors playing anxious wimps or pathological sibs prone to embarrassing their responsible (but loving!) caretakers, including a long suffering wife who wants to conceive but whose dream is perpetually postponed by her husband's, yes, you got it, anxiety about his ambition, and which fails to exploit the college town atmosphere it's trying so hard to contextualize (sacrilege in an indie), and ultimately we get stuck with some unpleasant (and not in a schadenfreudy kind of way either) characters and unfortunately for us passive viewers this 'feature' features a protagonist (Chandler Bing - who seems to be specializing in wimpy-bois now and even into middle age) whose only goal at this stage in his life is to someday enjoy a nice steamy dump (Begelman would be shocked SHOCKED! at such a wuss wanting to flush away such valuable treats); in fact rather than waste any more of the few seconds I have remaining in this life I decided to pull the plug, cinematus-interruptus style, so you should surmise by now I am not so sad to report this fillum is a misfire from the get-go since I get to take revenge out via IMDb, so you should take it from me- a compassionate conservationist- I don't think you or anyone else should waste what precious few remaining seconds on this planet.

Would you pay good money(tm) had to spend some time (say 90 mins) alone with the person(s) you most dislike in this world ("in-laws") and sit passively while they go about flailing their crazy unorthodox manners and peccadilloes right under your nose?

Yes?

Then by all means, "enjoy."

I gave it a two ("2") because at least they all showed up to work knowing they had a time bomb ticking away, and still managed to record it for posterity.

Come to think, no THAT might have made a better movie, everyone obliterated in the end by a mad bomber movie patron. Maybe I should have stuck around to see... hmmm.

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