“The Big Year” – Kevin Brackett (Review St. Louis)

Posted by Kevin Brackett Oct 14, 2011 | Movie: The Big Year
If you were to tell me that a movie about bird watching could be entertaining, I would probably call you crazy. When I think of someone “birding” I think of my grandma, not three comedians well under 70. Well, two at least. But if we had made a bet, I would surely be the loser – as The Big Year is a fun movie with a lot of heart. Brad Harris (Jack Black) is a computer programmer who wants to see more birds in a year than anyone else has ever seen. When he tells his friends and family that he is going to do a “big year” as it is known, they think he is out of his mind. But birding is his only real passion, and he...

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