Sandra Bullock

Trevante Rhodes

John Malkovich

Sarah Paulson

Jacki Weaver

Rosa Salazar

Danielle Macdonald

Lil Rel Howery

Tom Hollander

BD Wong

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Vivien Lyra Blair

Julian Edwards

Parminder Nagra

Rebecca Pidgeon

Amy Gumenick

Taylor Handley

Happy Anderson

Kyle Beatty

Ashley Alva

David Dastmalchian

Keith Jardine

Kristopher Logan

Shirley Butler

Aden Calderon

Chanon Finley

Frank Mottek

Danny Max

Debra Mark

Dennis Keiffer

Harrison Taylor

James Wichall

Glen Gathard

Peter Burgis

Zoe Freed

Lilly Blazewicz

Nick Freemantle

Elena Arroy

Christopher Ferguson

Danny Freemantle

Gregory D. Liegey

Karl Rumpf

Jeff Capogreco

Jesse Morrow

Sophie Dawes

Kacy McDonald

Jan Krupp

Chris Holmes

Dayo James

David Robinson

Mark Bakowski

Michele C. Vallillo

Gregory L. McMurry

Nicholas Freemantle

Sinje Gebauer

Robert Malone

Jeff Brown

Timothy Eulich

Donna Evans

Heidi Moneymaker

Terry Leonard

Jessie Graff

Susanne Bier

Eric Heisserer

Karin Silvestri

Jessica Harbeck

Kimberly Shannon Murphy

Kelli Barksdale

Willie D. Burton

Ben Lester

Salvatore Totino

Josh Malerman

Jan Roelfs

Chris Palermo

Steve M. Davison

Horace Knight Jr.

Carrick O'Quinn

Dorian Kingi

Mic Rodgers

Mandy Kowalski

Luci Romberg

Rex Reddick

Torrey Vogel

Olivia Summers

Matt Leonard

Ryan Ryusaki

Jade Quon

Larry Rippenkroeger

Wesley Scott

Jessen Noviello

Nico Woulard

Marcus Young

Courtney Schwartz

Katina Waters

Shantiel Alexis Vazquez

Ray Siegle

Scott Richards

Ryan Staats

Crystal Michelle

Mónica López Aleman

Ed McDermott II

Danny Wynands

Charlotte Townsend

Don Thai Theerathada

Jason Rodriguez

Natalie Padilla

Justin Riemer

Kara Petersen

Kris A. Jeffrey

Darin Fujimori

Cory DeMeyers

Domingo Beltrán

Pingi Moli

Marie Fink

Hiro Koda

Linda Jewell

Terrence Julien

Brenda Lorena Garcia

Casey Adams

Leia Hurst

Chad Guerrero

Freddy Bouciegues

Antal Kalik

Stacey Carino

Efka Kvaraciejus

Dean Bailey

Michael T. Brady

Jess King

Ben Jenkin

Bird Box Collection

Horror

Thriller

Drama

Bird Box

Bluegrass Films

Chris Morgan Productions

United States of America

English

based on novel or book

post-apocalyptic future

blindfold

doomsday

survival horror

woman director

white water rafting

Gimly

Kind of a _The Happening_ meets _A Quiet Place_, but better than the latter and **way** better than the former. Maybe I didn't get eeeeeeverything I wanted out of _Bird Box_ but I'm still on board. I know that I opened this up by saying the movie is very much like two other movies, but what I liked most about is honestly that it's unlike 99.99% of the horror genre, and that little variation was just what I needed today.

_Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._

***Well, at least it doesn’t have zombies***

A mass epidemic strikes Earth which makes people go crazy and commit suicide, but only IF they are not blindfolded and SEE the mysterious phenomena. A group of Californians find succor in an abode with covered windows. One woman (Sandra Bullock) and two children try to make it down a remote river to find sanctuary, blindfolded. Trevante Rhodes and John Malkovich costar. 

“Bird Box” (2018) is a post-apocalyptic survival adventure/horror with an original concept and elements of flicks like “The Book of Eli” (2010), “The Mist” (2007), “Carriers” (2009) and “Stake Land” (2010). The reason for the apocalypse is what makes “Bird Box” standout and, thankfully, there are no zombies, yet it’s the least of these for a couple of reasons.

For one, I didn’t find the dramatic dynamics of the group all that captivating, but it was okay. If you’re a fan of Bullock you’ll probably like this movie more than me. I appreciated Rosa Salazar as Lucy, but her role isn’t that significant. Meanwhile Rhodes and Malkovich are effective.

The concept behind the mass crisis is where the movie fails. It’s sort of explained and yet it isn’t. There are too many inconsistencies and what appears to be plot holes. It’s basically a bunch of malarkey and reflects lazy writing. People on message boards debate back-and-forth ad nauseam, but the movie’s too nonsensical and meh to make it worth the effort.

The film runs 2 hours and 4 minutes and was shot in Southern Cal (Monrovia, La Puente, Santa Clarita, Smith River, Scripps College and Los Angeles).

GRACE: C

Kamurai

Decent watch, might watch again, and can recommend, at least as a one-off.

I have technical frustrations with this movie, but it's premise alone is interesting enough that anyone interested in survival style movies should watch it, though I'm not sure how many people are re-watching this.

The movie is cast very well: Sandra Bullock and Jon Malkovich, both wonderfully portray jerk characters in completely different lights, along side several supporting actors who all deliver adequately or better.

As most of the movie takes place inside a single house, they manage to keep things interesting there and vary up a few select locations, to include a city that is amazingly detailed in all the chaos unfurling and a river that is somehow both expanse enough you could feel lost and also claustrophobic in its restriction: it's a movie that presents very well.

My big qualm is the structure of the writing: not the writing itself.  All the dialogue and story arcs are great, but the RIDICULOUS insistence on re-ordering a story and not benefiting from it is just annoying.

The second half of the story is interspersed with the first half of the story so you alternate back and forth.  Really, who tells a story and jumps ahead 3/5 of the way, then back, then when you get to the 3/5 mark, not reiterate what is happening there.

I might watch this again, but I know I won't truly enjoy it until I finally take the time to edit into the correct order.

Bird Box | 5 Minute Sneak Peek [HD] | Netflix

Bird Box | Official Trailer #2 [HD] | Netflix

Bird Box | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

Bird Box( 2018)

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Written by Gimly on Sun Jan 20 2019

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