The defence The Popcorn Loyalist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Free Birds
Animation · Comedy · Family · 2013
Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.
Movie details
Free Birds
“The greatest turkey movie of all time.”
2013 Animation · Comedy · Family 1h 31m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Free Birds?
For the defence
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Where it lives
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Jimmy Hayward
Written by
Scott Mosier · Jimmy Hayward · David I. Stern · John J. Strauss
Owen Wilson
Reggie (voice)
Woody Harrelson
Jake (voice)
Amy Poehler
Jenny (voice)
George Takei
S.T.E.V.E. (voice)
Colm Meaney
Myles Standish (voice)
Keith David
Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Dan Fogler
Governor William Bradford (voice)
Court is in session
Put Free Birds on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Big-Idea Head
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.