Like so many anthology films, it suffers from the fact that the sections are uneven, with the middle segment soaring high above the two bookend stories.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Like so many anthology films, it suffers from the fact that the sections are uneven, with the middle segment soaring high above the two bookend stories.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though it has a simple story, somewhat blank acting and awkwardly choreographed fights, its every flaw corresponds perfectly with the make-up of the original series.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some of the snatches of conversation we hear are like found art, poetic in what they capture and convey.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Some of the snatches of conversation we hear are like found art, poetic in what they capture and convey.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The main problem is that the end result feels just a bit too glossy, aimed at the MTV generation who can't cope with watching something serious unless they're treated to a pop video every 10 minutes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The main problem is that the end result feels just a bit too glossy, aimed at the MTV generation who can't cope with watching something serious unless they're treated to a pop video every 10 minutes.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Paiso and Vish take a playful approach to the material

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Paiso and Vish take a playful approach to the material

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For a short time, this cinematic jewel lets us travel back to when the migration of birds was a mystery to man.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

For a short time, this cinematic jewel lets us travel back to when the migration of birds was a mystery to man.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The script is dangerously low on laughs and appears charmless

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The script is dangerously low on laughs and appears charmless

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Following the couple over several months, this documentary takes us through heartbreak and on to what is, ultimately, a surprisingly hopeful place.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Following the couple over several months, this documentary takes us through heartbreak and on to what is, ultimately, a surprisingly hopeful place.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's a film that works as much by accident as by design, but the result is powerful.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's a film that works as much by accident as by design, but the result is powerful.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The rituals set in motion at the start, also tune us into the wavelength of portent, so that a heron's feet on a rug or the sound of locusts carry at least as much threat as the site of a loaded gun.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The rituals set in motion at the start, also tune us into the wavelength of portent, so that a heron's feet on a rug or the sound of locusts carry at least as much threat as the site of a loaded gun.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The way The Birds is shot is the stuff of legend.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The way The Birds is shot is the stuff of legend.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Asylum Birds is one of those rare cinematic gems which marks the appearance of a truly remarkable new talent.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Every time we are away from the older generation, they're sorely missed and the action drags without their presence.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Every time we are away from the older generation, they're sorely missed and the action drags without their presence.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

To make a film that is touchingly beautiful at the same time as dealing with very bad things is a remarkable achievement.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

To make a film that is touchingly beautiful at the same time as dealing with very bad things is a remarkable achievement.

~ Amber Wilkinson -