Birdland is the feature debut of Peter Lynch, a documentary filmmaker best known for 1996’s Project Grizzly, about Troy Hurtubise and his bear-proof suit. Lynch calls this one “an unapologetically demanding film,” so maybe it’s up to me to say I’m sorry for not keeping up with its disjointed narrative. Or its convoluted, nonlinear plot, which starts with Officer Hood (Kathleen Munroe) putting up a “nest of cameras” – the film’s term, not mine – to catch her husband’s indiscretions. The song Lullaby of Birdland is also warbled more than once by the sisters. From its lead who is “too beautiful to be a cop” to its flock of “inscrutable, Machiavellian” characters (again, the film’s words), Birdland is nothing to tweet home about.

Source: National Post January 25, 2018 20:15 UTC