Suburban Birds
Cinema Guild | Release Date: April 5, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
0
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The New York TimesGlenn KennyApr 5, 2019
The spectacular feature-directing debut of Qiu Sheng. Read full review
83
The PlaylistAndrew BundyApr 5, 2019
It’s the kind of movie you sit on, but then can’t wait to revisit. Suburban Birds is a rewarding and revelatory first feature from a fresh artistic voice. Read full review
70
Screen DailyWendy IdeApr 2, 2019
This pleasing, if perplexing, feature debut from Qiu Sheng takes an agile and experimental approach to structure, as two story strands glance off each other, and occasionally intersect. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinApr 2, 2019
Enigmatic but oddly entrancing feature debut. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeApr 2, 2019
Viewers, too, may feel at once cast adrift in the film’s amorphous quests, and languidly seduced by its disorder. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenApr 2, 2019
The film’s refusal to commit to its passing fancies is a highly intentional and eventually tiresome declaration of Qui Sheng’s arthouse bona fides. Read full review
30
Film ThreatBobby LePireApr 12, 2019
As it stands now though, the acting is good, but the narrative moves like molasses, leaving the audience at a distance. Read full review
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