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The movie flaps to a plotless end.
Beneath all of this elaborate feather bedlam lies a Hitch cock-and-bull story that's essentially a fowl ball.
Alfred Hitchcock's most abstract film (1963), and perhaps his subtlest, still yielding new meanings and inflections after a dozen or more viewings.
Mr. Hitchcock and his associates have constructed a horror film that should raise the hackles of the most courageous and put goose-pimples on the toughest hide.
A must-see DVD of Hitchcock's great film, with commentary and docus that illuminate the making of this classic.
Classic Hitchcock horror film still gives the chills.
The only thing dated is the special effects. The suspense holds up very well.
Although not as horrifically shocking as "Psycho," "The Birds" is a more sophisticated film, and represents a high watermark in the prolific career of a true maestro of cinema.
Perhaps only a director of Hitchcock's caliber can make such a fowl story fly.
Feels like it was made by a brilliant filmmaker who simply felt challenged by the enormity of the task. In that regard, it's close to 100 percent successful.
Hailed as one of Hitchcock's masterpieces by some and despised by others, The Birds is certainly among the director's more complex and fascinating works.
Maybe not quite the pinnacle of Hitchcock's career but definitely in the top five.
Genuinely disturbing thriller classic from the master of suspense.
It's fierce and Freudian as well as great cinematic fun, with ample fodder for the amateur psychologist following up on Hitch's tortuous involvement with his leading ladies.
This masterpiece is one of Hitchcock's purest forays into cinema; it's such a complete piece that it even gets by with two mediocre actors.
Mediocre as melodrama, but the signature avian attacks are without equal.
What sets The Birds apart from the other films in Hitchcock's incredible ten-year run between 1954 and 1964 is its remarkable chilliness.
Still a dream come true after you've met enough Californians.
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