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By Henry Barnes (139) for The Guardian (2,969) on 07 Feb 2019

In picking at a system until it’s threaded, High Flying Bird is a classic Soderbergh construct…

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By Nick Newman (61) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 07 Feb 2019

McCraney may be the closest thing a totalizing directional presence like Soderbergh has had to a true co-author in years…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 06 Feb 2019

Written by Oscar-winning Moonlight screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney, the new film feels stagey, confusing, and didactically obvious…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 05 Feb 2019

Steven Soderbergh’s film considers modern media as a vehicle for revising white patriarchal capitalism…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 04 Feb 2019

High Flying Bird is an unshapely piece of storytelling — there are gaps in the plot, and it never locks into a rhythm — but that mournfulness…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 29 Jan 2019

Most modern sports movies feel a few years behind the story—purposefully nostalgic for a feel-good, motivational story…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 29 Jan 2019

High Flying Bird turns out to be a kind of shaggy heist movie, with a grand design (and payout) that’s only fully clear in retrospect…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 28 Jan 2019

The film is funny, quick-witted, and even throws in a little sex for good measure…

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By Kimber Myers (423) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 Jan 2019

High Flying Bird is often serious in how it deals with issues more substantial than just sports, but even beyond McCraney’s sharp, witty…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for TheWrap (3,203) on 28 Jan 2019

There is tons of game in this fleet, fast-paced modern sports story, which entertainingly substitutes lived-in wisdom for expert dribbling,…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 28 Jan 2019

Soderbergh and McCraney have entertainingly stirred the pot and put a perspective on the screen that will stir some reactions in the real world…

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By Andrew Barker (315) for Variety (12,700) on 28 Jan 2019

It’s certainly more interested in ideas than characters, and the film stumbles when it makes half-hearted attempts at romantic intrigue or…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 28 Jan 2019

Although compelling ideas float through High Flying Bird, the film is neither well crafted or intellectually rigorous enough to compensate…

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