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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyVillage VoiceSherilyn ConnellyBirdboy: The Forgotten Children is its own unique, damaged creature.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThis is a beautiful film, and an ugly one, and the tension between those two sides doesn’t abate until the very last scene.
- 80VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThough at first glance this ironically-sweet-and-very-sour mix might seem unappetizing, even repellent, it soon becomes fascinating in its oddball complexity.
- 80Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAs 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.
- 75Slant MagazineKeith WatsonSlant MagazineKeith WatsonAlberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero's film is a phantasmagoria of impressionistic horror, at once despairing, beautiful, haunting, and surreal.
- 75RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThe movie is grisly and its sense of humor is mordant, but it winds up communicating a heartbreak that’s pretty straightforward, all things considered.
- 75The PlaylistAlly JohnsonThe PlaylistAlly JohnsonWhat makes Birdboy: The Forgotten Children so effective is the ability to turn the innocent into the macabre.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottIts enchantments are dark, its ideas somber and brutal.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThough its dark riches can at moments feel like overload, and its narrative thrust occasionally grows diffuse, the story casts an undeniable spell.
- 60We Got This CoveredDavid JamesWe Got This CoveredDavid JamesPsychonauts, the Forgotten Children is bizarre, imaginative and beautiful, but it's also crying out for a stronger narrative.