Pretty_Bird_(2008_film)

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Pretty Bird

2008 American film

For the album by Kathy Mattea, see Pretty Bird (album).

Pretty Bird is a 2008 American comedy film. It competed in the Dramatic Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival[1] and was released on DVD in the United States on June 29, 2010.

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Plot

A sweet-natured guy enlists his best friend, and an engineer who lost his job and has an attitude problem, to help him create and market his idea for a rocket-powered belt. The entrepreneur never loses his confidence the idea will work even though he runs into problems that include finding investors and disagreements with his engineer.

Cast

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 20% based on reviews from 5 critics.[2]

Robert Koehler of Variety criticized the film as being "overly calculated" and predictable, noting that the only bright spot in the film was its soundtrack.[3] Duane Byrge of The Hollywood Reporter wrote ""Pretty Bird flaps one comic wing and one dramatic wing, but this slight-framed bird never soars and ultimately crashes under the weight of its excessive thematic ballast".[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition" (PDF). November 28, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 25, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2008.
  2. [2]
    "Pretty Bird (2008)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  3. [3]
    Koehler, Robert (January 29, 2008). "Pretty Bird Movie Review". Variety.
  4. [4]
    Byrge, Duane (January 24, 2008). "Pretty Bird". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

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