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- 2013
- Unrated
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 1 m
- 2013
- Unrated
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 1 m
Summary A varied group of New Yorkers with attitude reveals how a hidden world of beautiful wild birds in the middle of Manhattan has upended and magically transformed their lives.
- 2013
- Unrated
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 1 m
- 2013
- Unrated
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 1 m
Birders: The Central Park Effect
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Summary A varied group of New Yorkers with attitude reveals how a hidden world of beautiful wild birds in the middle of Manhattan has upended and magically transformed their lives.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
79
90% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
10% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Should be a delight for everyone. Bird watchers will find affirmation and even explanation for their avocation. People who can't tell a towhee from a titmouse will still wonder at the beauty of it all.
Kimball's bird footage is attractive on its own, but the way he positions his birders in conversation with one another is why Birders soars.
As "Birders" makes clear, and as Franzen would surely agree, birds and birders have always been among us and require no reinvention. What they have to offer us is what that heron offered me, for just a split-second – a sense that despite our best efforts we are still a part of nature, and not yet an alien species disconnected from the real world.
The birds are not only gorgeous but, as they poke for food and rustle around, entertaining.
I found myself repeatedly on the edge of tears over its course. It is a relatively short but luxurious film.
Equally enrapturing are the birders themselves, including the writers Jonathan Franzen and Jonathan Rosen – contemplatively articulate in all their geeky birding glory – and especially Starr Saphir, who leads birding tours through Central Park.
The feverish intensity of enthusiastic birdwatchers may seem better suited for a Christopher Guest movie, but director Jeffrey Kimball's lush cinematography makes Central Park's beauty no laughing matter.
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Production Company
Other Noises
Release Date Jan 18, 2013
Duration 1 h 1 m
Rating Unrated
Genres
Tagline A film about birds and people.
Awards
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination