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Hal Bartlett co-wrote and directed this film curiosity, based on Richard Bach's best-selling fable, featuring an overbearing music score by Neil Diamond. The story begins as a flock of seagulls are pe... read more
DVD Release Date: October 2, 2007
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May 20, 2009Hall Bartlett's attempt to bring this beloved novel to the big screen misses the mark. I fully expect Pixar to take a stab at this someday, hopefully with much better results.
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June 26, 2009I love the book but I couldn't see how they could make it into a film so I had to check it out, but I couldn't even finish it. It's not utterly worthless, but it just didn't do anything for me.
Critic Reviews
December 11, 2007
Variety Staff, Variety
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This has got to be the biggest pseudocultural, would-be metaphysical ripoff of the year. Full Review
February 22, 2012
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Visually uneven, this film captures only partially the spirit of the best seller upon which it is based. Full Review
January 23, 2008
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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.' Full Review
January 20, 2008
Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews
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
December 11, 2007
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Truly one of the most boring pictures ever done but with enough attractive photography to merit your brief attention. Full Review
June 24, 2006
Time Out
Richard 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. Full Review
June 8, 2006
Steve Crum, Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers
Pulllease fly away, and take your book with you!
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