Rotten
Goldberger and Giamatti strain too hard for strangeness.
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
Overview
A Gainesville Florida auto upholsterer attempts to subvert his mundane life by training a wild, red-tailed hawk.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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30%
Tomatometer
Rotten
These strengths seldom mesh persuasively.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The Hawk Is Dying is a fragile little movie, occasionally ridiculous, but with M. Night Shyamalan's Lady In The Water, Giamatti proved that he can make even the weirdest material believable.
Noel Murray, AV Club
Rotten
Imagine an entire film infected with hangdog sensibility, unrelieved by humor or narrative interest, and you have The Hawk Is Dying.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten
For performing half this film with a predatory bird perched and flapping angrily on his arm, Paul Giamatti deserves some sort of award.
Tom Beer, Time Out New York
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