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A soldier returns from Vietnam to find his boyhood friend, also a fellow soldier, in a military hospital, having suffered a mental breakdown in which he has become detached from reality and imagines t...( read more 
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MCT:July 17, 2008
A teen obsessed with birds and his pal's journey from high school to Vietnam. Matthew Modine is simply amazing here. Great film and one of the most unique you will ever see.
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MCT:May 27, 2008
Incredibly touching story about two friends whose lives were destroyed by war. Alan Parker's direction is flawless, as well as the performances and the soundtrack. An emotional roller coaster ride that feels more genuine every time.
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MCT:December 31, 2007Was that Nicolas Cage? Lordy. Well, I saw this movie because of Matthew Modine. I fell in love with him after seeing "Gross Anatomy" and "Vision Quest." This is a pretty slow movie so I can't recommend it but it's not horrible either. I guess it's okay. Meh.
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MCT:September 29, 2007
This movie was on my very first top ten list of favorites. This movie had a huge impact on me and my life.
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MCT:July 16, 2007Ever feel totally alone...except in your own head? So did Birdy (played by Matthew Modine). Stuck in a world where he feels he does not belong growing up tethered to the ground by gravity he seeks escape through flight. The flight is as spiritual as it is physical as Birdy makes every effort to run from this world he did not create. He finds one true friend (Played by Nicholas Cage), someone who accepts him unconditionally. This friend (though he has a name there is no use for them in this film) is Birdy's only grounding to a world which holds the horrors of bullies grown up to play with adult toys of war. Birdy's Psyche, wrenched in anger and anguish, trying to come to terms with the things that he cannot understand by seeing them through the eyes of a spirit he can understand...that of a bird...so caged. All of this is set masterfully against Peter Gabriel's soundtrack which is simply his album, "Security," revamped for the film without the lyrics. Interestingly enough though, for those Gabriel fans out there, if you listen to Security and truly read the lyrics it will help you to understand the film. The haunting melody of Wallflower, a song depicting a person who has been institutionalized and is asked to maintain his spirit and not break nor bend to the will of the "keepers" plays throughout this film (sans lyrics of course). "6 by 6 from wall to wall, shutters on the windows no light at all, there's damp on the floor and there is damp in the bed, they're trying to get you crazy get you out of your head...Hold on..." I found this film on cable about 19 years ago and found myself crying. It is truly that moving. Also, like so many good films, the book is excellent as well.
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MCT:July 15, 2007
This is one of those movies that won't dwell in your soul easily, but its poetic nuances about friendship and youthful pain were endearing.
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MCT:February 26, 2007
Wow, Nicolas Cage and Matthew Modine both turn in fantastic performances in this 1984 movie. I really liked the movie.
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MCT:February 20, 2007
Matthew Modine is so underrated as an actor that he doesn't normally make it on to movie magazines' underrated actor lists - but I think he's amazing and can make any film watchable. And he plays the disturbed young man so well. It's really his performance that raises the bar in this movie - his title character is a complex one - at times adorably sweet and at others bordering on the plain psychotic - but Modine delivers an extremely convincing performance. The film contains a lot of bittersweet humour, and doesn't dwell overmuch on the gory horror of the Vietnam War. This is a definite plus because it means that, rather than being just another Vietnam movie, 'Birdy' is instead a detailed of examination of the mental state of the returned soldiers. The film invites an interesting comparison between Modine's obviously messed up Birdy and Cage's character, Al, who is only keeping it together on the outside - inside he's just as messed up and haunted by the war he's just lived through and he's desperately scared that he will wind up locked away like his friend. Cage is a little out-shone by Modine in my humble opinion, but still turns in a great performance - especially considering he spends a large part of the film with his face strapped in bandages. 'Birdy' is not without its flaws - some of the dialogue is a little unnatural, particularly between Al and Major Weiss, and some of the monlogues from the two leads are a little bit too trippy. But this movie is a moving and worthy addition to the war movie canon.
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i found this movie very sad..insperational but very sad..the preformance is great from both actors nicholas and matthew..very good story very good plot very good start middle and sad but good ending
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MCT:February 16, 2007
i found this movie very sad..insperational but very sad..the preformance is great from both actors nicholas and matthew..very good story very good plot very good start middle and sad but good ending
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MCT:December 4, 2006
I've just watched this film again, after about a 10 year break. It was just as good as I remember. A masterfull film.
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MCT:June 5, 2006
I almost jumped off a building trying to fly after watching this movie :o). Nicholas Cage in his best performance ever.
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MCT:April 6, 2006
One of the darkest and funniest films ever made a true classic and one of my fave films of all time, one of those gr8 humaistic, dark, emotional and funny films u can watch again and again and never get bored of.....
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