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Bird (1988)

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All Time

of 190,116

3,222

1980's

of 12,798

373

1988

of 4,302

47
Biography
- Biography All Time
  
  of 1,064
  
  148
  
  Biography of 1988
  
  of 17
  
  3
  
  Biography of the 1980's
  
  of 124
  
  17
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,985
  
  1,736
  
  Drama of 1988
  
  of 280
  
  21
  
  Drama of the 1980's
  
  of 2,048
  
  154
Music
- Music All Time
  
  of 1,711
  
  103
  
  Music of 1988
  
  of 25
  
  3
  
  Music of the 1980's
  
  of 199
  
  16

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Bird (1988) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.7538

Avg Critic Score:2.8123

Bird (1988) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

I've seen two documentaries about Charlie Parker recently, but I haven't seen a lot of Parker. ...read the complete Bird movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)

Bird, Clint Eastwood�s ambitious treatment of the life of Jazz improvisationalist Charlie �Bird� Parker, uses a fragmented time structure in a seeming attempt to replicate the construction of its subject�s music. Eastwood edits the film not in any...read the complete Bird (1988) review at Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)

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DVD Talk (Gil Jawetz)

Bird is far from perfect and it seems to drag at times. While the portrayal of the man himself is engaging, the film gets bogged down in domestic stickiness and drug melodrama, and, ultimately, Bird suffers for it. While Bird should be of interest to...read the complete Bird (1988) review at DVD Talk (Gil Jawetz)

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