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  • 2017
  • TV-14
  • GKIDS
  • 1 h 16 m
  • 2017
  • TV-14
  • GKIDS
  • 1 h 16 m

Summary There is light and beauty, even in the darkest of worlds. Stranded on an island in a post-apocalyptic world, teenager Dinky and her friends hatch a dangerous plan to escape in the hope of finding a better life. Meanwhile, her old friend Birdboy has shut himself off from the world, pursued by the police and haunted by demon tormentors. ...

Directed By: Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez

Written By: Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez

  • 2017
  • TV-14
  • GKIDS
  • 1 h 16 m
  • 2017
  • TV-14
  • GKIDS
  • 1 h 16 m

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
76
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
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Summary There is light and beauty, even in the darkest of worlds. Stranded on an island in a post-apocalyptic world, teenager Dinky and her friends hatch a dangerous plan to escape in the hope of finding a better life. Meanwhile, her old friend Birdboy has shut himself off from the world, pursued by the police and haunted by demon tormentors. ...

Directed By: Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez

Written By: Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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9% Mixed
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90
Dec 21, 2017
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children is its own unique, damaged creature.
By Sherilyn Connelly FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 14, 2017
As adult animation goes, Birdboy is its own weird, woolly and surprisingly sensitive foray into the grimmer corners of life. But at its best, when Vázquez and Rivero hit the right mix of melancholy and acidic in their battered fever dream, it plays like a troubled schoolkid’s secret drawings brought to colorful, if unapologetically horrific, life.
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
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11 Ratings
25% Mixed
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MainAron
Jun 22, 2022
This is A Masterpiece That Make Me Cry. Im Never Cry Watching Movies Before. Story About Drugs,Demons And Animals. 11/10
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RelatableCritic
Apr 28, 2020
Great animation, breathtaking dark atmosphere and great portion of emotions. Highly reccomend to everyone who love animation!
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80
Dec 1, 2017
Though at first glance this ironically-sweet-and-very-sour mix might seem unappetizing, even repellent, it soon becomes fascinating in its oddball complexity.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 20, 2017
What makes Birdboy: The Forgotten Children so effective is the ability to turn the innocent into the macabre.
By Ally Johnson FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 11, 2017
Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero's film is a phantasmagoria of impressionistic horror, at once despairing, beautiful, haunting, and surreal.
By Keith Watson FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 14, 2017
Though its dark riches can at moments feel like overload, and its narrative thrust occasionally grows diffuse, the story casts an undeniable spell.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 1, 2017
Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children is bizarre, imaginative and beautiful, but it's also crying out for a stronger narrative.
By David James FULL REVIEW
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XxX-jesus-XxX
Jan 16, 2018
the movie is amazing and dark but the art is the selling point of the movie I can't even look away the animal were cute. at the end, it's a movie you should go watch it's in the sapinsh movie that looks like a Disney movie but it's not. PS don't watch the dub version of the movie it does sound good
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GameBoy89
Nov 9, 2021
It’s Adventure Time meets Samurai Jack which sounds awesome but I would rather just go watch the aforementioned shows. I like the animations just don’t watch the trailer beforehand which shows everything cool in the movie. Or just watch the trailer and slip the movie.
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Production Company Abrakan Estudio, Basque Films, Competencia Producciones, La, NYAV Post, Studio 4°C, UniKo, ZircoZine
Release Date Dec 15, 2017
Duration 1 h 16 m
Rating TV-14
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Tagline Not Everything With a Body is Alive
Website http://www.basquefilms.com/en/films/feature/psiconautas.html
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Awards

ToHorror Film Festival, Italy
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Nashville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Fantasia Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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