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Bird Box Collection
Never lose sight of survival
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
Alunauwie
Sep 30, 2025 · via TMDB
Bird Box, adapted from Josh Malerman’s novel, presents a chilling premise of an invisible entity that drives people to suicide upon seeing it. The film uses a dual-timeline narrative effectively, balancing present danger with the origin of the chaos. While the internal group conflicts and tension are well-handled, the logic behind the creature’s effects and selective immunity leaves some ambiguity. Strong performances, especially from Sandra Bullock, and detailed direction enhance the film’s impact. Though intriguing, the film leaves room for deeper exploration of its mythos and psychological depth. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)
Kamurai
Jul 28, 2020 · via TMDB
Decent watch, might watch again, and can recommend, at least as a one-off. I have technical frustrations with this movie, but it's premise alone is interesting enough that anyone interested in survival style movies should watch it, though I'm not sure how many people are re-watching this. The movie is cast very well: Sandra Bullock and Jon Malkovich, both wonderfully portray jerk characters in completely different lights, along side several supporting actors who all deliver adequately or better. As most of the movie takes place inside a single house, they manage to keep things interesting there and vary up a few select locations, to include a city that is amazingly detailed in all the chaos unfurling and a river that is somehow both expanse enough you could feel lost and also claustrophobic in its restriction: it's a movie that presents very well. My big qualm is the structure of the writing: not the writing itself. All the dialogue and story arcs are great, but the RIDICULOUS insistence on re-ordering a story and not benefiting from it is just annoying. The second half of the story is interspersed with the first half of the story so you alternate back and forth. Really, who tells a story and jumps ahead 3/5 of the way, then back, then when you get to the 3/5 mark, not reiterate what is happening there. I might watch this again, but I know I won't truly enjoy it until I finally take the time to edit into the correct order.
Wuchak
Jan 21, 2019 · via TMDB
***Well, at least it doesn’t have zombies*** A mass epidemic strikes Earth which makes people go crazy and commit suicide, but only IF they are not blindfolded and SEE the mysterious phenomena. A group of Californians find succor in an abode with covered windows. One woman (Sandra Bullock) and two children try to make it down a remote river to find sanctuary, blindfolded. Trevante Rhodes and John Malkovich costar. “Bird Box” (2018) is a post-apocalyptic survival adventure/horror with an original concept and elements of flicks like “The Book of Eli” (2010), “The Mist” (2007), “Carriers” (2009) and “Stake Land” (2010). The reason for the apocalypse is what makes “Bird Box” standout and, thankfully, there are no zombies, yet it’s the least of these for a couple of reasons. For one, I didn’t find the dramatic dynamics of the group all that captivating, but it was okay. If you’re a fan of Bullock you’ll probably like this movie more than me. I appreciated Rosa Salazar as Lucy, but her role isn’t that significant. Meanwhile Rhodes and Malkovich are effective. The concept behind the mass crisis is where the movie fails. It’s sort of explained and yet it isn’t. There are too many inconsistencies and what appears to be plot holes. It’s basically a bunch of malarkey and reflects lazy writing. People on message boards debate back-and-forth ad nauseam, but the movie’s too nonsensical and meh to make it worth the effort. The film runs 2 hours and 4 minutes and was shot in Southern Cal (Monrovia, La Puente, Santa Clarita, Smith River, Scripps College and Los Angeles). GRACE: C
Gimly
Jan 20, 2019 · via TMDB
Kind of a _The Happening_ meets _A Quiet Place_, but better than the latter and **way** better than the former. Maybe I didn't get eeeeeeverything I wanted out of _Bird Box_ but I'm still on board. I know that I opened this up by saying the movie is very much like two other movies, but what I liked most about is honestly that it's unlike 99.99% of the horror genre, and that little variation was just what I needed today. _Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._
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Rosa Salazar
Lucy
Danielle Macdonald
Olympia
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Charlie
Tom Hollander
Gary
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Greg
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Rick
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Girl / Olympia
Julian Edwards
Boy / Tom
Parminder Nagra
Dr. Lapham
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Amy Gumenick
Samantha
Taylor Handley
Jason
Happy Anderson
River Man
Ashley Alva
Female Marauder
David Dastmalchian
Whistling Marauder
Keith Jardine
Yelling Marauder
Kristopher Logan
Older Man
Shirley Butler
Woman in Entryway
Chanon Finley
Iris
Frank Mottek
News Anchor
Danny Max
Radio Newscaster #1 (voice)
Dennis Keiffer
Marauder (uncredited)
Cristiano Donzelli
Storyboard Artist
Salvatore Totino
Director of Photography
Alexander Witt
Second Unit Director of Photography
Robert Smithson
Contact Lens Technician
Signe Sejlund
Costume Design
Whitney James
Makeup Artist
Ken Diaz
Makeup Department Head
Malosi Leonard
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Matt Leonard
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Derek Graf
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Jessica Harbeck
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Terrence Julien
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Terry Leonard
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Alexander Witt
Second Unit Director
Ben Lester
Editor
Jina Jay
Casting
Mary Vernieu
Casting
Eric Heisserer
Executive Producer
Sandra Bullock
Executive Producer
Susanne Bier
Executive Producer
Barbara Muschietti
Producer
Chris Morgan
Producer
Clayton Townsend
Producer
Dylan Clark
Producer
Clayton Townsend
Unit Production Manager
Atticus Ross
Original Music Composer
Trent Reznor
Original Music Composer
Glenn Freemantle
Sound Designer
Willie D. Burton
Sound Mixer
Glenn Freemantle
Supervising Sound Editor
Chris Lentz
Animation Supervisor
Mark 'Crash' McCreery
Creature Design
Michael Meinardus
Special Effects Supervisor
Sophie Cullen
Visual Effects Producer
Jeff Capogreco
Visual Effects Supervisor
Marcus Taormina
Visual Effects Supervisor
Mark Bakowski
Visual Effects Supervisor
Josh Malerman
Novel
Eric Heisserer
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Nov 12, 2018
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Dec 21, 2018
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