Fresh
Whimsical and touching.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rare Birds
Fortune can make a man do some pretty fowl things.
2001 · 1h 39m · R
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Directed by
Sturla Gunnarsson
Overview
A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure bird watchers to their small Newfoundland town and increase tourism by announcing the presence of a rare duck.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
54%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Rendered bland and frustrating by its endless attempts to make the odd odder.
Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
The movie keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny Phonce and his several silly subplots.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Rotten
With Rare Birds, as with The Shipping News before it, an attempt is made to transplant a Hollywood star into Newfoundland's wild soil -- and The Rock once again resists the intrusion.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
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