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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf SmithWall Street JournalNancy DeWolf SmithShould be a delight for everyone. Bird watchers will find affirmation and even explanation for their avocation. People who can't tell a towhee from a titmouse will still wonder at the beauty of it all.
- 83Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerIn "Birders," by contrast, nature is one big entrancing show; a world of tweets without "tweets."
- 80Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydLos Angeles TimesRobert LloydI found myself repeatedly on the edge of tears over its course. It is a relatively short but luxurious film.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe birds are not only gorgeous but, as they poke for food and rustle around, entertaining.
- 80VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibDirector Kimball's sharply focused, serenely ravishing nature photography provides reason enough to go armchair birding.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirAs "Birders" makes clear, and as Franzen would surely agree, birds and birders have always been among us and require no reinvention. What they have to offer us is what that heron offered me, for just a split-second – a sense that despite our best efforts we are still a part of nature, and not yet an alien species disconnected from the real world.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceKimball's bird footage is attractive on its own, but the way he positions his birders in conversation with one another is why Birders soars.
- Equally enrapturing are the birders themselves, including the writers Jonathan Franzen and Jonathan Rosen – contemplatively articulate in all their geeky birding glory – and especially Starr Saphir, who leads birding tours through Central Park.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickBeautifully photographed over the four seasons - including Christmas, for the park's century-old bird census - Birders: The Central Park Effect is full of grace notes.
- 60Time OutTime OutThe feverish intensity of enthusiastic birdwatchers may seem better suited for a Christopher Guest movie, but director Jeffrey Kimball's lush cinematography makes Central Park's beauty no laughing matter.