Birds of America

Excelente film

Four stars for the acting; three for the script. There was a talented cast for Birds of America. Ben Foster and Ginnifer Goodwin have the most amusing roles. It's a light comedy...I was thinking it'd have more depth; the script doesn't ask nearly enough of the cast. However, it's nice to see Matthew Perry; this movie was added to Amazon after he passed and was on my watch list. His best role after Friends was Studio 60 and it's too bad the network abandoned it; that one asked something of him. Mr. Sunshine was another that really grew on me, also axed.

Bought as a gift for a friend, and they absolutely love it. Item was as described and delivery was quick and easy.

Birds of America tries to be amusing and unusual but doesn't truly make it. I'd recommend watching this for some good performances by Matthew Perry, Ben Foster, Ginnifer Goodwin and Lauren Graham. Hilary Swank's talent is largely wasted on a rather small role and the toilet humor (with Perry's character literally spending huge amounts of time sitting on the toilet) didn't work too well for me, either. However, the movie does flow along and the cinematography impressed me. The script is just average but then again the musical score wasn't all that bad. Physics teacher Morrie Tanager (Matthew Perry) yearns for tenure; and after seven years of teaching he is finally eligible for it--as long as his next door neighbor and boss/quasi -friend Paul (Gary Wilmes) gives Morrie political support. Trouble is, Morrie and his wife Betty (Lauren Graham) can't stand snooty Paul and his wife Laura (Hilary Swank); but they lead a very straight laced life merely to get in good with Paul and Laura. Worse trouble for Morrie comes when he is chronically constipated (for months, he says?) and his nutty brother Jay (Ben Foster) and his rather loose sister and also nutty sister Ida (Ginnifer Goodwin) descend upon their household just as Morrie is finally up for tenure. This, of course, drives Morrie and Betty crazy; they are also embarrassed and ashamed of Jay and Ida whenever Paul and Laura see them. Moreover, Morrie and Betty fight over whether they should start trying to have a baby and Morrie is the polar opposite of Jay and Ida. There's still more where this came from; and there are a few plot twists that will surprise you. The movie itself is nothing truly special; but it is light entertainment and that does have its value. I recommend this film for fans of the actors in it; and people who like quirky comedies might consider this--although I would walk and not run to get it. It's average.

"GREAT VERY SLOW STORY", ODD STORY AT FIRST, BUT WE STUCK WITH IT AND IT DID FINALLY COMPLETED THE ENJOYMENT OF MATTHEW PERRY MOVIE NIGHT!!

Essentially this dysfunctional film implodes on itself in numerous ways, so much so that any description of the plot or otherwise would just be boring. The only two reasons to see this would be to watch the range that Ben Foster and Ginnifer Goodwin have. I liked Foster in 3:10 to Yuma and I think this role helped show his variety, as with Goodwin. This is not a film to grab if you think Hillary Swank, Perry or Graham do anything special. Swank has 5 scenes, Perry spends half the film on a toilet (toilet humor does not work for me anymore) and Graham just seemed to miss it. Watching Perry scoop dog crap up well over ten times didn't work for me either. I like the films from First Look, but this one doesn't meet the grade of competency, except for Foster building a solid foundation - and when I think about it he actually had more screen time than anyone, so maybe they should change the cover art to him.

I really liked this movie it shows how we deal with diverse families who have real issues and how siblings get along with each other when they face depression and mental health!

Matthew Perry is an excellent actor and anything he stars in is great....Disfunctional familys are more the norm today than ever before...Love is the only thing holding them together...

Ich find den Film super. Zur Story sag ich jetzt mal nichts, muss man sich einfach anschauen. Es ist keine "klassische Komödie und nichts was schön ausgeschmückt ist, einfach skurril. Der Film ist definitiv zu empfehlen, wenn man auf etwas andere Filme steht.

Great movie, anything with Matthew Perry and Lauren Graham in it is great

Musste Monate auf diesen Film warten. Erst gab es ihn nicht in deutsch, dann gab es Lieferschwierigkeiten. Aber die Wartezeit hat sich gelohnt.

Der Film ist sehr gut gemacht, jedoch schwere Kost. Man muss sich auf diesen Film konzentrieren und alles verfolgen. Diesen Film sollte man nur ansehen, wenn man wirklich gut drauf ist.

Irgendwie hat der Film etwas Schönes. Irgendwie finde ich diesen Film total abstoßend. Verstörend schön irgendwie. Dieser Film macht gute Laune auf der einen und lässt einen ein wenig grübeln auf der anderen Seite. Vielleicht erging es auch nur mir so. Ich dachte über Veganer, Vegetarier, Autos, Geisteskrankheiten, Beziehungen u.v.m. nach. Das lag aber sicherlich auch an den vielen Längen, die einem einfach Zeit dafür gaben. Ich werde diesen Film auch sicherlich nicht noch einmal gucken, denn dafür war er wirklich viel zu lang. Definitiv zu erwähnen ist noch der hervorragende Ben Foster, in seiner gestörtesten Rolle, wie ich finde. Alle anderen erbringen eine nette Leistung.