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efilmcritic.com - : ''The Birds'' just does not deserve the praise it has received over the years. Hitchcock was a genius with the camera, but often he picked some poor scripts to do (''Family Plot,'' anyone?). The interior scenes with back screening, and the poor special effects ruin what should have been a good film. more...
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2/5
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www.filmcritic.com - : Hitchcock aimed to do for avians in The Birds what he did for showers in Psycho, and by and large he succeeded. The Birds is roughly hewn by comparison to Hitch's more deftly plotted films -- it's much closer to a monster movie than a psychological thriller, moreso than any of his other films. Tippi Hedren makes her screen debut here, and it's a bit of a cold and tricky one, though not a terrible performance. more...
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4.5/
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www.toxicuniverse.com - : Only Alfred Hitchcock could take a premise which is so patently ridiculous—the birds come to life and try to kill everybody—and construct a beautifully realized thriller. Based on a disturbing short story by the macabre Daphne Du Maurier (who also penned Rebecca and Don't Look Now), Hitch builds some truly amazing sequences that are as audacious as they are experimental. more...
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4.5/
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