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Blackbird wastes its premise on shallow storytelling, though its splendid cast adds heart to a sensitive subject. Read critic reviews

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Lily and Paul summon their loved ones to their beach house for one final gathering before Lily decides to end her long battle with ALS. The couple plans a loving weekend complete with holiday traditions, but the mood becomes strained when unresolved issues surface between Lily and her daughters Jennifer and Anna.
  • Rating:
    R (Brief Sexual Material|Some Drug Use|Language)
  • Genre:
    drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Roger Michell
  • Producer:
    David Bernardi, Sherryl Clark, Robert Van Norden
  • Writer:
    Christian Torpe
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Production Co:
    SF Studios, Busted Shark, Millennium Films, Eclectic Pictures
  • Sound Mix:
    Stereo

Cast & Crew

Susan Sarandon
Lily
Kate Winslet
Jennifer
Mia Wasikowska
Anna
Sam Neill
Paul
Rainn Wilson
Michael
Lindsay Duncan
Liz
Bex Taylor-Klaus
Chris
Anson Boon
Jonathan
Roger Michell
Director
Christian Torpe
Screenwriter
David Bernardi
Producer
Sherryl Clark
Producer
Robert Van Norden
Producer
Boaz Davidson
Executive Producer
Mike Donovan
Executive Producer
Andrey Georgiev
Executive Producer
Jeffrey Greenstein
Executive Producer
Avi Lerner
Executive Producer
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  • The title of the film remains unexplained, but it apparently has nothing to do with the Beatles song or the handful of other films with the same name.

    February 27, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

    David Stratton

    The Australian

  • Neill succeeds with a grace and good humour that do a great deal to calm the histrionics and bring things to a finish lit with a persuasive mingling of sadness and hope.

    February 24, 2021 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

    Sandra Hall

    Sydney Morning Herald

  • Someone nudges this in memoriam in the ribs and reminds it to be a melodrama, at which point a far more typical story of family feuding kicks in.

    September 19, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

    David Fear

    Rolling Stone

  • It becomes really easy to care about these characters. Sam Neill was a real standout for me as the devoted husband who is trying to keep it together.

    September 19, 2020 | Full Review…

    Angie Han

    FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

  • The moving melodrama is bolstered by an outstanding cast...

    September 18, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

    Richard Roeper

    Chicago Sun-Times

  • The film never recovers from a contrived and distracting plot development in the last third that highlights the artificiality of its structure.

    September 18, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

    Nell Minow

    RogerEbert.com
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