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Bird Karma

Bird Karma

Animation · Comedy · Family · 2018

A tale of a long-legged bird's journey of blissful joy, inescapable greed and the accidental discovery of the consequences when too much is not enough.

Movie details

Bird Karma

2018 Animation · Comedy · Family 5m

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

A tale of a long-legged bird's journey of blissful joy, inescapable greed and the accidental discovery of the consequences when too much is not enough.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Bird Karma?

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Directed by

William Salazar

Written by

William Salazar

Court is in session

Put Bird Karma on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.