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A Birder's Guide to Everything

  • 20132013
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 26m
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6.2/10
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Ben Kingsley, Alex Wolff, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Katie Chang in A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013)
David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-McPhee), a 15-year-old birding fanatic, makes an unbelievable discovery: he might have taken a photo of a supposedly extinct duck that hasn’t been seen in North America since 1878.  Upon the counsel of the Young Birders Society, David's high school birding club, he takes his finding to a legendary ornithologist, Dr. Konrad (Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley) to solidify the claim.  With his original photo too blurry to confirm bird's identity, Konrad recommends they find the duck again before it migrates in order to get a better account of this lazarus species, but this time using a quality camera.

David and his ragtag birding crew (Alex Wolff, Michael Chen) embark on an epic road trip to solidify their place in birding history - and with girls.  Enter Ellen (Katie Chang), who is in possession of the quality camera they seek and tags along under one stipulation: she takes the first photo of the rare duck.  As they encounter other birders and a certain doctor who just might want to steal their claim, what initially seemed like fun exercise in birding could turn into a journey of discovery in more ways than they all hoped.
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David Portnoy, a fifteen-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... Read allDavid Portnoy, a fifteen-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.David Portnoy, a fifteen-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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    • Rob Meyer
    • Rob Meyer
    • Luke Matheny
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    • Kodi Smit-McPhee
    • James Le Gros
    • Daniela Lavender
    • Rob Meyer
    • Rob Meyer
    • Luke Matheny
  • Stars
    • Kodi Smit-McPhee
    • James Le Gros
    • Daniela Lavender
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    • 23User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
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    Kodi Smit-McPhee
    Kodi Smit-McPhee
    • David Portnoy
    James Le Gros
    James Le Gros
    • Donald Portnoy
    • (as James LeGros)
    Daniela Lavender
    Daniela Lavender
    • Juliana Santos
    Katie Chang
    Katie Chang
    • Ellen Reeves
    Alex Wolff
    Alex Wolff
    • Timmy Barsky
    Zandi Holup
    Zandi Holup
    • Evelyn Reed
    Michael Chen
    Michael Chen
    • Peter Nessbaum
    Tobias Campbell
    Tobias Campbell
    • Rob Lindau
    Joel Van Liew
    Joel Van Liew
    • Mr. Edbrook
    Daniel Berger
    • Scarsdale High School Capt
    • (as Daniel G.S. Berger)
    Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley
    • Lawrence Konrad
    Adam Barrie
    Adam Barrie
    • Eric
    Jessica Perez
    • Trish
    Ethan Cohn
    Ethan Cohn
    • Jeff
    Lucas Near-Verbrugghe
    Lucas Near-Verbrugghe
    • Trent
    Stephen Kunken
    Stephen Kunken
    • Ted
    Briana Marin
    Briana Marin
    • Mara
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    • Trivia
      The Labrador Duck is, in fact, an extinct species.
    • Goofs
      When the teenagers have stopped in the park to look at a bird, the sequence of who's standing where changes each time the camera angle changes.
    • Crazy credits
      In the closing credits, there is a Banvir Chaudhary and its misspelled version Banvir Shaudhary.
    • Soundtracks
      Truthfully
      Written by Jeremy Kirkland

      Performed by Jacksonknife

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    6/10
    Fine cute coming-of-age movie
    David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a big birder and is even in the Young Bird Society in his school. His mother is dead. His father Donald Portnoy (James Le Gros) is getting married to Juliana Santos (Daniela Lavender). His best friend girl-obsessed talkative Timmy Barsky (Alex Wolff) is also in the YBS. Then David thinks that he saw an extinct duck. Also Ben Kingsley plays expert birder Lawrence Konrad. The group goes in search of the duck with the help of student photographer Ellen Reeves (Katie Chang).

    This is sorta like 'Stand by Me' with bird watching for awhile. It worked better as such. It pains me to say this but the movie is better off without Ben Kingsley in the second half. There is a reasonable coming of age movie. It's nothing special or original but it's somewhat cute. I was hoping it could keep going on that trail. The arrival of Kingsley broke up the group's chemistry. It's still a cute little movie. Kodi does a great job as the geeky lead. The kids are very natural. I wish the movie kept with just the four kids in the woods.
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    • Aug 9, 2014

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      • April 21, 2013 (United States)
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      • Cockaponset State Forest, Chester, Connecticut, USA
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      • Escape Pictures
      • Lavender Pictures
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    • 1 hour 26 minutes
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