Bird Box

Name: Bird Box
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Horror
Released: December 14, 2018
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 51
Cast: BD Wong, Colson Baker, Danielle Macdonald, David Dastmalchian, Jacki Weaver

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Netflix | Release Date: December 14, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: BD Wong, Colson Baker, Danielle Macdonald, David Dastmalchian, Jacki Weaver, John Malkovich, LilRel Howery, Machine Gun Kelly, Parminder Nagra, Rosa Salazar, Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson, Taylor Handley, Tom Hollander, Trevante Rhodes

Summary: A woman and a pair of children are blindfolded and make their way through a dystopian setting along a river.

Director: Susanne Bier

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 124 min

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Richard Roeper

Dec 27, 2018

If you told me Bird Box was based on a Stephen King story — yep, I could see that. It’s that chilling. That suspenseful. And oh yes, that scary. Read full review

Matt Fowler

Jan 3, 2019

It's Sandra Bullock and the ensemble that heap some heft into this standard scorched Earth story. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Dec 19, 2018

Bird Box could easily be reduced to, “It’s A Quiet Place meets Blindness crossed with The Happening!” And that high-concept pitch wouldn’t exactly be wrong. Read full review

Katie Rife

Dec 12, 2018

In the end, Bird Box’s most significant shortcoming is that it’s just too inert and unfocused to work as sci-fi horror. Read full review

Alissa Wilkinson

Dec 23, 2018

It’s entertaining enough to be worth watching for fans of the genre or of Bullock, who turns in a strong performance as a woman who has motherhood thrust onto her in a world loaded with peril. Read full review

Randall Colburn

Dec 25, 2018

There’s a fundamental problem here, one of conception, not of execution. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Dec 12, 2018

The effort behind Bird Box was to make something better than a standard horror movie, but the result is dull and half-hearted. It’s not serious enough or important enough to transcend the horror genre, but neither is it visceral enough to hold up as a regulation horror movie. Read full review

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mautise

Dec 25, 2018

This movie is one of the best I've seen this year. It had a great emotional and keep-you-on-edge plot that kept your interest till the very end. I was disappointed when the movie ended and I wish it came out before "A Quiet Place" so people could stop comparing; I don't think it's anythingThis movie is one of the best I've seen this year. It had a great emotional and keep-you-on-edge plot that kept your interest till the very end. I was disappointed when the movie ended and I wish it came out before "A Quiet Place" so people could stop comparing; I don't think it's anything "A Quiet Place", in my opinion, "A Quiet Place" wasn't even that good. I think the rating on this movie should be much higher but what matters is that the people loved it. KEEP IT UP NETFLIX!… Expand

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I_love

Jan 3, 2019

The movie was great but at times felt like the characters were basic and stupid, and it has a couple cliches in the film, other than that amazing movie

1 of 7 users found this helpful16

Vitor007

Dec 29, 2018

"Bird Box" Despite a great incoherence in events, being innocent at all times, has good performances and a good transmission of the facts occurred, bringing a greater interest of the public. His conclusion disappointed at a certain point, leaving certain doubts. Sandra Bullock breaks"Bird Box" Despite a great incoherence in events, being innocent at all times, has good performances and a good transmission of the facts occurred, bringing a greater interest of the public. His conclusion disappointed at a certain point, leaving certain doubts. Sandra Bullock breaks expectations with her acting in this film.… Expand

1 of 9 users found this helpful18

GarethB

Jan 4, 2019

A decent thriller that some people are casting as a horror movie, whilst it contains some horror elements I did not find it all scary and instead found it a more compelling human tale of loss, life and acceptance.

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

dete

Dec 30, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unoriginal, except for the blindfold gimmick.Follows the zombie/apocalypse formula and doesn't offer anything new . Ending is cliche AF, as is most of the movie and especially the cast. Ex-soldier is gonna help the little lady, sacrificing himself of course, but not before they have a forced and awkward love scene. When he said "I love you so much" I actually lol'ed - they had no chemistry and very little interaction before that, they hardly spent a day together.… Expand

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Fringe124

Dec 30, 2018

Imagine a cheap ripoff of Lost mixed with The Last Man On Earth in the form of a movie and you will have Bird Box.

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MarioLover

Feb 26, 2019

Bird Box is absolute **** doesn't work as movie in any way shape or form its stupid retarded and everything that's wrong with the world is wrong with this movie the characters are **** and also the editing is absolute **** i **** hate it. the movie starts with the only surviving charactersBird Box is absolute **** doesn't work as movie in any way shape or form its stupid retarded and everything that's wrong with the world is wrong with this movie the characters are **** and also the editing is absolute **** i **** hate it. the movie starts with the only surviving characters and that deletes every bit of tension you cold have had for any character just because you know they all die and you wont care for them in the long run they are extremely bland and boring long story short the movie is absolute dog**** and should never be watched… Expand

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