Rare Birds

2001
R
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

1.8K

YOUR RATING

William Hurt, Andy Jones, and Molly Parker in Rare Birds (2001)

Home Video Trailer from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Comedy Drama Mystery Romance

A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

1.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 9 nominations total

Trivia
The film had expended most of its modest budget, but producers from The Shipping News (2001), also filmed in Newfoundland, contributed the equipment and crew to complete the final shot.

Goofs
Level of wine glass when Dave and Phonse are eating in the kitchen.

Quotes
Phonce: There's two kinds of people in the world: those whose arse holes seize up during a crisis and those who shit themselves. Winston Churchill, during the blitz for instance - his sphincter locked with bulldog determination. They say he never shit during the entire Battle of Britain.

Soundtracks
Don't You Know
Written by Bobby Worth
Performed by Della Reese
Courtesy of RCA Records

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Highely underrated, lovely absurd movie

In this day and age of fast paced, overstylished movies, comes this tale of a chef and his close friend, who tries to save his buddies deserted restaurant, by inventing the sighting of a near extinct duck near the location to attract customers.

While this is going on, there is still time left to work on a recreational submarine, in a basement which is filled with cocaine and the most strange flat lamps.

Hurt is acting his guts out as the clumsy, near nerve wrecked chef who's lost in an absurd world. And there is romance too.

Well, it's a long time ago I didn't see a movie which reminded me of another one, and this alone is quite an accomplishment. A lovely little movie, quite serene and if you ask me highly underrated pearl of creative cinema.