Pretty Bird

2008 American film
  • Billy Crudup
  • Paul Giamatti
  • Kristen Wiig
  • David Hornsby
  • Garret Dillahunt
  • Denis O'Hare
CinematographyIgor MartinovicEdited byAnnette DaveyMusic byWim Mertens
Production
company
Sound Pictures
Release date
  • January 20, 2008 (2008-01-20) (Sundance)
Running time
120 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$3.75 million

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.

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

  • Billy Crudup as Curtis Prentiss
  • Paul Giamatti as Rick Honeycutt
  • David Hornsby as Kenny Owenby
  • Kristen Wiig as Mandy Riddle
  • Elizabeth Marvel as Tonya Honeycutt
  • Denis O'Hare as Chuck Stutters
  • Garret Dillahunt as Carson Thrash
  • James Wetzel as Dennis
  • Anna Camp as Becca French
  • Nate Mooney as Randy Pendler
  • Aasif Mandvi as Ted the Banker
  • Adam LeFevre as Phil the Neighbor
  • Lennon Parham as Woman with Beef

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. ^ "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. ^ "Pretty Bird (2008)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  3. ^ Koehler, Robert (January 29, 2008). "Pretty Bird Movie Review". Variety.
  4. ^ Byrge, Duane (January 24, 2008). "Pretty Bird". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

Bibliography

  • Rosenberg, Adam (June 30, 2010). "Paul Giamatti Finally Unveils Sundance '08 Dark Comedy 'Pretty Bird'".

External links

  • Pretty Bird at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata