2011 · comedy
The Big Year
Directed by David Frankel1h 42m2011
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.
Our read: The Big Year (2011) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
Watching The Big Year tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How The Big Year feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a gentle comedy about obsession, friendship, and what winning actually means.”
Skip it tonight — Birdwatching travelogue pacing and low stakes will put you to sleep tonight.
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