The cinematic equivalent of that girl you might have met circa 1973 who insisted that the dog that just evacuated his bowels on your sidewalk was 'expressing his creativity.'
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01/23/08
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:1
Rotten:7
Average Rating:3.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins 15 secs
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on the best-seller by Richard Bach (who sued the production for not following his book) about Jonathan, an existential seagull in search of the meaning of life. Score by Neil Diamond (who... [More]
Starring: James Franciscus, Juliet Mills, Hal Holbrook, Richard Crenna
Director: Hall Bartlett
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Reviews for Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1 - 8 (sorted by date)
Bartlett's background as a documentary film-maker is an advantage for a film that doesn't require any actors but a liability when it comes to adapting Bach's fiction
01/20/08
Truly one of the most boring pictures ever done but with enough attractive photography to merit your brief attention.
12/11/07
Now there's nothing wrong with uplift, except that exhortations customarily are banal. That is, the end is nearly destroyed by the means.
12/11/07
Top CriticRichard Bach's best-selling parable for freshmen becomes on screen a very spelled-out allegory, complete with flat voice-overs and pretentious Neil Diamond soundtrack.
06/24/06
Pulllease fly away, and take your book with you!
06/08/06
No review available.
08/16/05
This has got to be the biggest pseudocultural, would-be metaphysical ripoff of the year.
10/23/04
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