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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe filmmakers record the flash of youth’s headlong energies, its bumps and bruises, and its melancholies and brilliant chaos.
- 90Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyDeeply moving and devoid of melodrama, These Birds Walk is as pragmatic as its subjects.
- 88Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe filmmakers use a wide range of cinematic techniques to convey the tenuous environment in which their subjects find themselves.
- As with real life, there aren't any stock characters, clear morals, or easy solutions in These Birds Walk.
- 80The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasViewers can walk away with something more precious than factoids: an emotional, aesthetically striking experience that cuts more deeply than words. And if they crave more information, that’s what the Internet is for.
- 79Film.comFilm.comMight be the single most beautiful documentary of the year.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeInstead of explaining the system through conventional narration, which would have been extremely helpful, the filmmakers immerse auds in the world they found, capturing its subjects’ behavior with startling candor.
- 60Time OutTime OutThose reunions are not always happy ones—one relative claims that his nephew would be less trouble dead — but they offer a brief, striking glimpse into the situations that make such a organization necessary.