Bird Box (2018)

Stars	User	Rating
9	DavidBlast	35 _20th
It's here! It's finally here! It's the 'The Happening' sequel no one ever wanted. In fact, you can't even really remember 'The Happening', can you? You're sitting there going "The.. happe... oh God..."
8	Alex Watkins	2 _15th
Netflix films for the most part exist in this weird un-reality where they feel like half-developed money-laundering projects borne from 30 Rock jokes or something. Besides the off-putting DTV cheapness that imbues its production design, this one's biggest flaw is that the narrative structure is all wrong for this story: we already know everybody other than Bullock and the two kids are dead by the "present," so why are we wasting time? Setting the entire film on the river would've been better.
6	KasperL	30 _10th
The first 15 minutes weren't all that bad. The rest of the film took me four sittings to get through without falling asleep.
4	terrymac	70 _58th
Despite some flaws, and perhaps a few clichés getting aired, I felt quite well-disposed towards this. It was certainly tense, and I was engaged with the protagonists' struggle; despite the fine Bullock's character not being particularly sympathetic, I was still rooting for her. There are obvious comparisons with The Happening, but this carries its premise off much more effectively. The direction is sound if unspectacular. I have a feeling this might not stay with me, but it's worth a look.
4	Duder	55 _23rd
Nothing that shines here apart from a Bullock at times. Not much remains with you after the film ends. It is so filled with clichés. It is OK for a quite night but don't expect much.
4	philamental	53 _23rd
I watched this as a double bill with A Quiet Place, and at first I felt that could be the worst possible way to watch it as it seemed like Birdbox was an example of how 'not' to do a movie like AQP. As the story unfolded BB turns out to be more like 'The Happening' with a touch of 'The Mist'. However with a runtime that was overlong, poor editing choices and the impossibility of rooting for stupid people doing stupid things, one can only assume the filmmakers were blindfolded while making this.
4	jacobclark12	43 _30th
It might have emotional payoff while watching it, but in the hours after watching Bird Box it lacks true staying power, probably due to its unjustified structure and underdeveloped characters. Outside of Bullock's Mallory, there aren't a lot of places for an audience to emotionally connect. This is little more than a build-up of adrenaline and then its release.
3	imnotlaughin	20 _12th
This movie has the air of an allegory about religious compulsion, but fails to accomplish anything. Apart from the contrived relationship scenes and the inconsistent antagonist both detracting from the experience, the substantive blunder is that the imagery is horribly ill-conceived. The implication that we should blind ourselves to zealots bent on our "seeing" their dogma is utterly foolish. Exercising sound critical thinking is what we ought to do, but isn't well represented by covered eyes.
3	Luna6ix	68 _29th
I wonder how much sleep M. Night Shamalamadingdong has lost knowing that the least retarded version of "The Happening" stars a 54 year old Sandra Bullock and is STILL barely watchable.
3	INDYATMN	80 _58th
Fortunately the story (& especially its structure), direction & performances do a such a great job of wringing a great deal of suspense out of every scene that requires it, that I chose to look past the filmmakers' decision to turn the story into ultra-PC propaganda by insuring that all the "good guy" characters are members of a "marginalized" group. Literally every adult white male not explicitly defined as gay or disabled in this film is either a selfish a-shole or a psycho.
3	Hadleyreis	60 _37th
I've heard that this film is better watched with a blindfold on
3	Gideon	1 _16th
Yet EVEN more Netflix spam. Sandra Bullock stop the fillers, stop looking like M. Jackson his corpse and since you can't move a muscle in your face anymore quit acting, too. Thanks.
3	eCitizen	40 _32nd
Incredibly good acting and great production quality for an insanely stupid premise. I am surprised that any good actors would sign up for this. If you can somehow get past the completely ridiculous unseen monsters that destroy people just by being seen, then there might be some hope of enjoying this. I was entirely disgusted with the premise but thoroughly enjoyed the performances.
3	radumsmn	58 _19th
Why bother writing a review for something this mediocre
3	ADragon91	20 _7th
I thought Bird Box was bloody awful. There was so much ridiculousness. The two women just so happen to go in labour at EXACTLY the same time while that guy messes up everything too? They know birds detect that thing so do they need to wear blindfolds all the time? Characters were getting themselves into peril constantly, the acting was weak, the kids are never given names for FIVE whole years. Nothing is explained and the ending, what ending? It's not even "so bad it's good" like The Happening.
2	easydiff	36 _26th
The Happening with an even more maudlin, over-the-top ending.
2	muutanet	31 _22nd
A poor version of A Quiet Place which was much better executed. Sandra Bullock stumbling around blind folded was not an entertainment at all.
2	KMcNeil	2 _16th
A Blindfolded Place.
2	lumpnboy	40 _35th
A reverse-Day-of-the-Triffids story which, like a lot of apocalypse movies, can't fully escape the feeling that ultimately, however dangerous it all is, everyone is probably secretly glad they don't have to go to work on Monday. And in this one I think they do implicitly end up in some kind of small-scale communism, too. Largely familiar terrain done in largely familiar ways. Still better than 'The Road' (2009) though.
2	Vandelay1	67 _70th
good movie
2	Obdurate	75 _52nd
The obvious comparisons are A Quiet Place and The Happening, as others have said, but it's not as good as the first and much better than the latter. Bullock was really great here, I am digging these horror movies based on senses (or lack thereof I guess). The soundtrack is fantastic (Ross and Reznor do it again), the atmosphere is great. I guess just going down the river would be boring to watch if there was more but it suffers a little from too much backstory. Still very good.
2	letskillrobots	8 _20th
Not sure how i feel about the mentally handicapped pressuring people into suicide but i am generally against it
2	omgfridge	7 _65th
Captured attention, had enthralling scenes and was well performed. Rather similar to "A Quiet Place" yet still solid in it's own right.
2	nevejas	38 _8th
Imagine aliens so ugly that if you see one, you go nuts, but all they want to do is look at you. Do you know why? Well, I don't, and yet I've also spent two hours looking at blindfolded nutters rowing boats and driving cars, must be addictive. The full moon rises, idiots turn their jedi powers on and out they go idioting. Circus is in town. Finally the subtlety of the story hits you with a twist and the overall feeling is difficult to describe (as subtlety requires) in words known to humanity.
2	dunetails	50 _29th
It's entertaining at first but I don't think the concept was thought through entirely.The last 30 minutes drags a little. But hey,at least they didn't show the "monsters" and at least it's getting meme'd to hell.
2	Trash Puppet	7 _49th
Not awful, and not much worse than the book, but I was a little sad they didn't use the kids more. In the book the kids had a better sense of hearing than the adults and were much smarter and more useful. Props to Sandra Bullock for being the aggressive survivor type.
2	NothingsGood	20 _10th
One of the most base, amateurish attempts at sci-fi horror I've ever seen. The flashback dynamic is a real lame device here, and every character from the second act is straight out of "Tropes 101." It's hard to think of this more than a made for TV movie, which it feels like outside of the involvement of Bullock and Malkovich. Watch Dawn of the Dead instead. It's like this, but not stupid. I would've given this a 0 were it not for parts of the third act, which was surprisingly okay.
2	damil	60 _43rd
It has a pretty interesting premise but did feel derivative of other post-apocalyptic stories. Most of the film wasn't particularly thrilling, but there were a couple of standout scenes that had a good amount of suspense. Bullock's performance is nothing special, but she gets the job done. Reznor and Ross' score is excellent. The screenplay was a little clumsy in parts in terms of exposition and structure, but overall, I enjoyed it and I'd totally recommend it.
2	mattorama12	57 _28th
It's a nice concept, though definitely undermined by coming on the heels of A Quiet Place. Much of it was a little too predictable and there were several obstacles that felt too easily overcome. I honestly watched it mostly because of the memes.
2	Kuroel	67 _73rd
The climax wasn't very grand and I can understand how some feel the characters were underdeveloped, but I don't think this was supposed to offer any deeper study on the human condition. I still felt enough invested in everyone to be concerned of their fate. As what goes for the thrill of suspense, this piece delivers.
2	Groovy_Souls	60 _40th
It's an average movie, through and through. Nothing specifically stands out about it, unfortunately, and I have a feeling that it's place in history will be as the poor man's knock-off of The Quiet Place. It's nice to see Sandra Bullock again, though, and irregardless of quality, I'm always happy to support experimental horror such as this.
2	JanaMarie	9 _72nd
Enough suspense to keep me hooked and happy, though due to the overwhelming mystery around the creatures, I felt like the movie couldn't decide if it was focusing on them or the people; either it was about the characters and the creatures felt like a lazy, over-used plot device, or about the creatures and not nearly enough time was spent explaining them. Fortunately, the mystery at least makes it re-watchable and keeps it on my mind for a bit afterward as I keep wondering.
2	gyrro7	50 _11th
privileged wine and canvas pregger outwits unseen (and never explained) evil .. delivering 2 bizarrely unnamed kids downstream to presumed safety. weird and meaningless filler dialogue between storyboard scenes as a lame attempt at character development just along enough to kill them off one by one. the kids are meaningless. about 10% are river scenes, the rest are in the safe house or side quests. i've seen better acting on a wendy's commercial. sandra bullocks deserves another razzie.
2	larmor	24 _11th
Utterly implausible development. Ever tried going down a river with such a clonker? You'd go overboard a 100 times before the rapids. All of it is very contrived. I guess you could go without explaining what the creatures are but introducing the villains who can look without explanation looks like a mere plot device. Very cliché otherwise, the love story, the usual propaganda: it starts in Russia, the wonderful humane US army in Iraq... No meaning, either psychological or philosophical.
2	nobamba	30 _15th
A Blind Place. I don't like the trope of having children in horror films to raise tension because it's cheap and most of the time you know nothing bad will happen to them. Fav. scene: ending.
2	itsben	20 _21st
Why are the children even here if they don't act like children and are used as props? And that bullshit plot twist where "ooh crazy people aren't affected" or something, why? Are we really still doing fear mongering around the mentally ill? Terrible characters, barely passable acting and mediocre plot. What a waste of 2 hours.
1	FlorVdE	2 _40th
A fun plot idea that starts off well, but then does not really go anywhere interesting (or believable). Directed without any real vision (pun not intended). Still, entertaining while it lasts.
1	nutcrackr	71 _44th
Better than a quiet place, but not without issues. The constant cuts to blindfold-vision were annoying. The flashbacks are fine but skipping years was a bit of a mistake. Would have been better to see them use echolocation more. Ending was silly and the build up to the rapids was wasted.
1	martryn	67 _44th
Would be great if they would reveal a bit, at some time, about what the fuck is going on. I didn't appreciate how all the marketing for the movie centered around Bullock and the kids, when most of the film apparently takes place as a flashback. And once you see one trailer, you have the rest of the movie plotted out. Some great atmosphere at times, but it isn't enough to make this film very good.
1	Vassago	71 _58th
Better than expected.
1	roonay3k	73 _75th
Best Netflix movie by a mile. With that being said, probably one of three movies Netflix made that I would classify as good. This had my attention througout. Good acting by Bullock.
1	iconogassed	45 _21st
Some reviews are much sillier than this unexceptionally silly movie. Like expecting kids raised in this environment to "act like kids" or believing that this film "stigmatizes" the mentally ill. This is the product of irrational devotion to our present psychiatry, or psychiatrists' tweets, that is no less than zealotry. Power is being willed onto dross so that we may be liberated from dross through further institutionalization, in some collective Promethean psychodrama. Now that is fucking crazy
1	HyphenateMe	55 _25th
Sandra Bullock, blindfolded, yelling "Girl!? Boy!?!" into the trees.
1	jetboy	20 _1st
worse than the happening
1	eric-jan	70 _54th
I love these kinds of movies! Fast buildup, killing off famous actor characters, crazies, violence and great pacing all made this movie 'good enough'. It didn't go beyond that though, which is a shame. And too bad you never really see the monsters.. are then like wind type creatures? Cause if so.. why can't they enter a house -_- ...
1	WWallce4prez	60 _25th
A great concept, with a great set of rules, and led by a fiery Bullock performance. I don't agree with letting the tension come down so often to provide such a detailed backstory, but I suppose it makes everything a bit more accessible.
1	Beer94	63 _45th
Seems I enjoyed it slightly more than most. It's all a bit crazy and yes there are flaws, but held my interest and on the edge of my seat at times. Perhaps watching it with other people helped...
1	bolivar	75 _75th
while the ending is too disney-esque I was overall positively surprised by bird box. sure, it falls into many of the Classic zombie flick traps but it somehow manages to at times be really spooky. the criminally insane patients was an unnecessary addition to the plot, however. John f*cking Malkovich shines as always.
1	VinegarBob	30 _12th
Susanne Bier is a competent director, but this film is so high concept it hurts, and is filled to the brim with every cliche from every zombie movie you can think of. So despite everything looking fine and some quality actors putting in a solid day's work nothing can really rescue this movie from it's B-movie trappings. Certainly not the pedestrian script, or the ditzy narrative.
1	misterlizard	35 _39th
A horrifying event breaks out in Russia and spreads across the globe. Anyone who witnesses it is driven insane to the point of suicide, except for a small number of CHUDs who embrace the madness and want everyone else to revel in its glory. This harrowing documentary of the release of the Trump piss tape is not for everyone.
1	AAAutin	47 _41st
(BLINDSPOTTING)
1	burkayadalig	67 _32nd
low budget A Quite Place... It had so much potential to create more tension however fails to do so... Sandra Bullock is way over my expectations, at some parts she can act!!
1	Jerky	55 _59th
Agghhh, this could have been great had the characters obeyed the rules that the film set up! They look into the crazy guy's eyes to see if he's okay to let him in the house, he is, then his eyes change at will. That's not how it works! The movie told me so earlier on. What the fuck. It's just a lazy plot device to get them out of the house. And why wouldn't the entities use sound to trick them all the time, and not just in the last 15 minutes? And don't get me started on the blindfolded driving.
1	Thelenius	89 _73rd
One of the most misunderstood and underestimated movies of 2018.
1	stuie299	75 _47th
A solidly made film with an interesting premise. Has a great atmosphere to it and the acting is mostly good. The screenplay loses some points for being a bit predictable and the very end could have been less cloying.
1	jesselc	45 _16th
Netflix at their most predictable. An average post-apocalyptic movie filled with clumsily ham-fisted anti-white, anti-male propaganda. Overall pretty embarrassing.
1	hajikarimi	89 _46th
Look like blindness movie
1	medikolayn	54 _23rd
dont believe the hype
1	sproost	20 _4th
Childish and derivative. Ensembles trapped into an apocalyptic scenario requires some nifty writing and these writers certainly weren't that. The hilarious oeuvre of Stephen King movies populated by archetypes comes to mind (The Mist, The Langoliers even though that's at least a badass idea)
1	braddad68	92 _65th
Well done sci-fi thriller. It only was lacking in a little more emotion.
1	myfavchords	76 _54th
This film has a good cast who do a good job with their roles. The script is a bit far fetched at times but it has plenty of good moments. Overall I would recommend this film.
1	magdabag	79 _37th
Though This movie has it's flaws, it never ceased to hold my attention. Bullock was amazing, per usual, along with the rest of cast. Very reminiscent of A Quiet Place, just not as held together. All In all, a movie worth watching.
1	batolo	64 _31st
Tries too hard to be another A Quiet Place. Lacks any suspense in the flashback half because we already know the outcome. That lessens what tension the rest of the movie does have.
1	PUNQ	60 _89th
Psychologically well plotted horror. It's rare I get this engaged for this type of movie. That doesn't mean Bird Box (2018) isn't without shortcomings, but they do a nice job of covering those up. Netflix and Sandra Bullock picked a good one.
1	capodelnulla	45 _16th
kalburüstü high concept filmlerinin özellikle bir süredir daha hızlı biçimde nesli tükenmekte olduğu için eli yüzü biraz düzgünü çıkınca olduğundan daha güzel gözüküyor bana. fikri hakkınca işletemediği gibi pek de kuru ve tutarsızlık dolu senaryo bier'in hayrına olmuyor. hoş o da salt kamera teknisyeni değil sonuçta, vizyonu sorunlu. delicesine övülen a quiet place'in pr'ı olsaydı yine çılgın atan geri dönüşler alırdı, orası ayrı.
1	valero	55 _30th
this seems like a ripoff of another movie that i cant remember the name of except a woman wrote this instead
1	P u l p	25 _12th
Yeah it probably started from Russia or Iran or North Korea and killed all the people in USA! I liked Susanne Bier more when she was making movies in Denmark.
1	orcunyondem	65 _46th
I still don't get it, why was this movie a thing? What's the hype about? It's "The Happening" but instead it happens if they look. And I thought it was betten than "A Quiet Place". Also I think they tried to add some metaphores in "Annihilation" style but meh. If you want to keep the audience curious and attached, use the main event. Stop making "it all happened just get over with it" kind of mystery movies.
1	flipzo	68 _15th
Decent movie. BUT. The story is a mess, a mixture of other movies that will never ultimately satisfy you. Did Bier/Heisserer watched The Happening? Cargo (it is a NETFLIX movie, they SHOULD have seen it!)? The mist? Skyline? Come on. Do you? If so, do not expect nothing new. Even worst, there won't be any kind of explanation, without being a movie based on the "fear of the unknown". Final judjment: an entertaining mess.
1	karatoprak	63 _16th
spoiler if you dont dare to kill one of those stupid children as a screenplay which is contemporary with game of thrones and the mist etc.., then i dont care about giving any credit for your conservative story either..
1	tancan	74 _35th
Some mystical meanings + lots of clichés. Still, you will watch it to the end without getting bored.
1	JSchlansky	40 _18th
Oh, who cares?
1	oddred	85 _49th
Sandra Bullock did justice to the genre with her transformation in the movie from a detached single mother to a mother who is at peace with her emotions after a roller coaster dystopian ride. The movie played at the fringes of being too ridiculous with the blindfolded fending against sighted enemies and navigating themselves through treacherous rivers and terrains. My favourite thing about the movie was how it played on missing a fundamental human sense which we take for granted so often.
1	ikkegoemikke	90 _98th
Simply. This is a must-see. More reviews here : http://movie-freak.be [Full Review]
1	toddsalter	86 _36th
Most science fiction stories start strong and either end without an explanation or end with an explanation that is not satisfying. This movie was no exception.
1	zoink	63 _39th
It's definitely been done better, but this wasn't done too poorly. If you like Sandra Bullock you'll probably like this.
1	SpeedMarque	35 _19th
Very average. Has a bit of of promise towards the very end but that sadly last about 2 minutes before it fizzle out into nothing.
1	prepwrestler	54 _7th
It really could have been a better movie. I think Sandra Bullock did her best, but the writing absolutely terrible. There are so many plot-holes, and things in the story that just don't add up. It gives the film an unrealistic perception, that the audience can't really relate. It was just bad overall, and I'd probably stay away. I would say it's an original movie, but its almost a replica of The Happening.
1	Monisit	73 _49th
It's generic, but with heart. I expected this to be another AQP (of which I was already not fond of), but I actually found it BETTER. The film inserts pathos, and while the quality isn't always consistent, it works.
1	Yoshinaruto	70 _71st
I actually really enjoyed this. A better version of The Happening mixed with A Quiet Place (though not as good). I do have a problem with the structure of the story however, as it gives away almost everything very early on. I’d also say I was a bit more interested in the pre-timeskip story as there was a bit more to it. Post-timeskip really was a less interesting A Quiet Place. Still entertaining regardless of its slightly squandered potential.
1	plvenice	6 _33rd
I don't get the hype here. It felt very gimmicky, and I didn't love how forced many of it felt. It also pretty unfortunately stigmatizes the mentally ill. But I love the post-apocalyptic genre, even if this is the worst iteration I've seen in some time.
1	ralyto	62 _19th
I watched it because it was recommended to me. Pretty standard film. It was well-made for what it is, but there were no surprisingly good moments.
1	RuruSmasher	78 _31st
As a thriller, it's pretty much Paint By Numbers. But as an interpretation of the challenges of reluctant motherhood, it actually moved me and it works, beat by beat. But the thriller elements, not so much, not so scary.
1	Zangin	43 _14th
A decent and well-acted, if unoriginal, thriller. The dialog is written a bit too clever for the more grounded tone the film was otherwise going for. Because of that, the dialog (and thus, most of the human drama) often fell flat. This would be fine if not for the film's choice to focus on the human drama instead of, for instance, the mystery of the creatures.
1	samajully	95 _46th
I especially liked the way motherhood is presented and, moreover, how it made me pretty tense in most of the movie. For me it's a original story. That is all.
1	NickTheo	45 _7th
It has some great scenes of tension and some great atmosphere but overall it's lacking in a lot of deparments.Other than Sandra Bullock(who sometimes is a bit wooden also but anyway)and Trevante Rhodes every other character/performance is either mediocre or bad.Some of the dialogue is very clanky and the way the movie decides to tell its story felt like a weird choice because it makes you be one step ahead of everything.
1	MenialRetcon	65 _10th
If the generic zombie-like apocalypse flashback parts could have been left out and the forest scenes expanded and made compelling enough for a 90 minute run time this maybe could work. Suffers in comparison to A Quiet Place in every category.
1	Aph002	6 _17th
Not very good. The monster proves to be ineffective and not very scary. the ending was lame. The monster can cross continents, kill millions of people in short amounts of time, but it can't even go indoors...
1	Adds	40 _12th
Amazing cast in a poorly premised film. Lack of tension after 20 minutes in. I'm so tired of horror characters making the most stupid choice they could make.
1	Trafimovas	50 _0th
The idea of a interpretation of what it looks like the womanly feelings about motherhood and all the pressure towards it is a good one, well, at least that's my interpretation. But the execution of the film is kinda poor, it looks like it was made in a hurry and the other characters were left aside.
1	DarkNights	35 _19th
Comme la plupart des films sur Netflix, sur le papier c'est bien, le résultat à l'écran est catastrophique.

Average Percentile 34.32% from 1988 Ratings