Free Birds 3D - film review

Neat characters and guffaw-worthy gags are the highlights of this Thanksgiving-themed cartoon
Allstar
29 November 2013

This Thanksgiving-themed kids cartoon is ultimately embarrassing and even offensive but has an offbeat premise, some neat characters and plenty of guffaw-worthy gags. Reggie (the wonderfully wonky-voiced Owen Wilson), is a cynical turkey who accidentally travels back in time - to New England, 1621. The film-makers want us to accept that colonialism and meat-eating are two sides of the same coin - like I said, it’s very offbeat. Sadly, the plot fails to convince us of anything, except that the scriptwriters have bitten off more than they can chew.

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