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Rare Birds

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Canada · 2001
Rated R · 1h 39m
Director Sturla Gunnarsson
Starring William Hurt, Andy Jones, Molly Parker, Vicky Hynes
Genre Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance

Dave owns a small restaurant in a remote Newfoundland town. With his business going under and his marriage on the rocks, things aren’t looking bright for him. That is until his neighbor hatches a plan to fake a rare bird sighting in order to attract new tourists. But keeping up the ruse proves to be harder than they imagined.

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Chicago Tribune by

Rendered bland and frustrating by its endless attempts to make the odd odder.

70

Film Threat by David Grove

Has more than enough charm to make it memorable. Hurt shows a gentleness and subtlety that's interesting to watch in this phase of his career.

70

Variety by Ken Eisner

Hurt is quietly affecting as Dave Purcell, a fine chef but a lousy businessman whose sticksville cafe, the Auk, is named after a rare, possibly extinct kind of duck.

50

Boston Globe by Ty Burr

For the record, Rare Birds doesn't even fly as a birder's special, since Tasseter's Sulfurious Duck is a fictional species. Now, if they'd seen a Eurasian Wigeon, then we'd be talking.

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