A Story of Overcoming and Kindness Set During the Horrors of WWII
Take away from the movie..... Be Brave. Choose Kind. You forget many things in life. But you never forget kindness.
WHITE BIRD is a deeply moving coming of-age story and testament to the courage it takes to extend kindness and love during the harshest of times.
Synopsis: From the world of Wonder, which sparked a movement to "choose kind," comes the inspirational next chapter: WHITE BIRD.
Struggling to fit in at his new school after being expelled for his treatment of Auggie Pullman, Julian (Bryce Gheisar) is visited by his grandmother (Helen Mirren) and is transformed by the compassionate and heroic story of her attempts to escape Nazi-occupied France during WWII. From the director of Finding Neverland, WHITE BIRD reminds us to be brave and choose kind.
My review: Often movies about the WWII period are filled with violence, horror, and the unspeakable evil, etc. and that was definitely the way things were in Europe during that time. In "White Bird" we see that the horror is there, but it is downplayed; yet you become emotionally involved in the "this is it" that is occurring. The story's telling is set in modern day with actual depiction showing what happened to school age teens and pre-teens during that time.
As a "coming of age" story, this is gently told. Sheer loveliness. As a story of kindness the magnitude of grace and kindness is huge.
The acting is superb. The filming top-grade. The story emotionally impactful and uplifting. This is a story of moral goodness overcoming evil. Of kindness overcoming brutish evil. Of miracles that occur in the daily living of life.
Don't miss this one!
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I want to see this movie with my family. I find it appealing that this film is faith based and I like the cast too.
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I loved the movie "Wonder" and can't wait to see this with my daughters. It looks like a nice story with a great message...and Helen Mirren is a favorite.
ReplyDeleteI want to see this with my family and I like that is very heavily faith based. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
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ReplyDeleteGod is good! I cant wait to see this. - Angela D
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a great family movie which is why I want to see it
ReplyDeleteI like Helen Mirren. As soon as I saw she's in the movie, I learned more about it.
ReplyDeleteThe library recently acquired this book as I requested it due to the author’s popularity with Wonder. I read and view works on the topic if WWII, but until this post, I did not know it was made into a movie.
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