![]() ![]() Most of its strength emerges from a well-directed ensemble, one able to convey the high concept of a nightmarish situation without losing their relatable humanity. Undercooked metaphors about motherhood and a mishandled climax aside, there’s enough to like in Susanne Bier’s “Bird Box,” premiering on Netflix after a limited theatrical release today. How’s this year’s cinematic sci-fi stocking stuffer, "Bird Box"? It’s imperfect, but you probably won’t be returning it. So, apparently, futuristic action movies are now going to be what the company gives us for Christmas every year. Last year, Netflix dropped the high-budget “ Bright” just before the holidays and it turned out to be a pretty massive sci-fi hit for the company, even if critics hated it. Want up-to-the-minute entertainment news and features? Just hit 'Like' on our Digital Spy Facebook page and 'Follow' on our Instagram and Twitter account. Largely though, like the book, Bird Box isn't concerned with exposition about what the force is and is more about Malorie learning to accept she's a parent, along with all the fears that comes with in a post-apocalyptic world.īecause if you think parenting is tough, try doing it blindfolded.īird Box is now available to watch on Netflix. The most notable change is that Tom survives longer in the movie as he dies at the house in the book, but the end result is still eventually the same. Otherwise, the movie pretty much follows the book structure, even if the people in the house differ slightly. I'm not one to embrace nihilism considering that I feel like we're living in that world now," he explained. "I'm one who generally leans toward a hopeful or optimistic ending even in dystopian horror movies. Talking of the change, screenwriter Eric Heisserer told Thrillistthat it seemed "smarter" to have an optimistic ending. Malorie and the children make it to the safe place ran by Rick, but discover that pretty much everyone there had blinded themselves as protection. The resolution differs slightly to that of the book which was a touch darker. Malorie also reunites with Dr Lapham (Parminder Nagra) who we saw at Malorie's hospital appointment, before revealing that her children will now be called Olympia and Tom, so it's a (mostly) happy ending all round. Unfortunately for the group, Gary is one of them too as we see him looking at sketches of the force. Malorie survives an encounter with such a person on the river in the present timeline who tells her that the force "shall cleanse the world". A newcomer to the house called Gary (Tom Hollander) tells the group that he escaped from people who "wanted to see, they were happy, they were so glad and they said everyone needed to see". Later on in the movie, we learn that not everyone is affected by the force in the same way and some survive their encounter. So while we never see the mysterious force in the movie, it's hinted that everyone sees a loved one and somehow that leads to them wanting to die.Īs if it's not evil enough, the force can also manipulate people into looking at it as we hear it use the voices of people they know to get them to look. ![]() ![]() Malorie reveals how Jessica started talking to her mum before she died, while Douglas's wife Lydia was talking to her mum who has "been dead ten years". "People who’ve seen these creatures almost always describe their encounter as with an entity who takes on the form of your worst fears, your deepest sadness or your greatest loss. You got world religion and mythology that's full of mentions of demons or spirit creatures," he explains. "Humanity has been judged and we've been found wanting. (Side note – Bird Box is clearly a stealth MCU outing, obviously.) It's here where the movie comes closest to giving a hint about the mysterious force – which is left unseen throughout the movie – as fellow survivor Charlie (Lil Rel Howery) talks about the "endgame". Jessica is affected and crashes their car, before stepping in front of a truck, and Malorie soon finds herself in a house with the likes of Douglas (John Malkovich) and Tom (Trevante Rhodes). In the past timeline, the pregnant Malorie is on the way back from a hospital appointment with her sister Jessica (Sarah Paulson) when the mysterious force hits. This sets up the two timelines that Bird Box switches between through most of its running time as it catches up on Malorie's journey at various stages, while showing how it came to be that she's been left alone with two children. The movie opens with Malorie harshly laying out the rules to her two children, called only Boy and Girl, for the journey they're about to take, before the movie flashes back five years to when the outbreak first happened. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play ![]()
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