A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013)

David Portnoy, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best ... See full summary »

Director:

Rob Meyer

Writers:

Rob Meyer, Luke Matheny

Stars:

Kodi Smit-McPhee, James Le Gros, Daniela Lavender

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kodi Smit-McPhee	...	David Portnoy
James Le Gros	...	Donald Portnoy (as James LeGros)
Daniela Lavender	...	Juliana Santos
Katie Chang	...	Ellen Reeves
Alex Wolff	...	Timmy Barsky
Zandi Holup	...	Evelyn Reed
Michael Chen	...	Peter Nessbaum
Tobias Campbell	...	Rob Lindau
Joel Van Liew	...	Mr. Edbrook
Daniel Berger	...	Scarsdale High School Capt (as Daniel G.S. Berger)
Ben Kingsley	...	Lawrence Konrad
Adam Barrie	...	Eric
Jessica Perez	...	Trish
Ethan Cohn	...	Jeff
Lucas Near-Verbrugghe	...	Trent

Storyline

David Portnoy, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.

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Plot Keywords:

birding | coming of age | bird | birdwatching | 

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Taglines:

Find your reason to fly.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 on appeal for language, sex and drug references, and brief partial nudity

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 April 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Criando Asas

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dreamfly Productions, Escape Pictures, Lavender Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Labrador Duck is, in fact, an extinct species.

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Goofs

Peter uses his inhaler improperly. After inhaling, he should close his mouth and hold his breath for at least ten seconds. Then after 30 seconds, he should repeat the inhalation.

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Crazy Credits

In the closing credits, there is a Banvir Chaudhary and its misspelled version Banvir Shaudhary.

User Reviews

Much better then I was expecting. I really liked it. The Big Year mixed with The Way Way Back and The Sasquatch Gang.

"I think I may have found an extinct duck." David Portnoy (Smit-Mcphee) is your typical high school bird watcher. He spends all his free time outside looking for any type of bird he can find which also keeps him away from his dad's new fiancé who he doesn't approve of. While out one day he thinks he spots an extinct species of duck. When him and his friends take the picture to famous birder Lawrence Konrad (Kingsley) they become more excited when he doesn't disagree with the findings. They decide to take a weekend trip to where they think the duck went to verify what they found, the same weekend as his father's wedding. Going into this I had the same reaction 90% of people will have, a movie about bird watching...super fun. Even though I liked The Big Year I still wasn't all that excited about watching this. Once again though I ended up liking this more then I expected to. The movie was more of a coming of age movie then another Big Year type movie. I was surprised with how much I liked this and I do recommend this. Overall, a mix of Kings Of Summer, Way Way Back and Sasquatch Gang with a dash of Napoleon Dynamite . I give this a B+.