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78 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critics

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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    Bird wisely does not attempt to "explain" Parker's music by connecting experiences with musical discoveries. This is a film of music, not about it, and one of the most extraordinary things about it is that we are really, literally, hearing Parker on the soundtrack.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Janet Maslin
    70
    Bird is less moving as a character study than it is as a tribute and as a labor of love. The portrait it offers, though hazy at times, is one Charlie Parker's admirers will recognize.
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  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Howe
    60
    You'll leave Bird's smooth flow of nightclub images, dark motel rooms and recharged Parker tracks with new respect for Eastwood the Director. But you'll also leave none the wiser about Parker the Man.
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