White Bird
Lionsgate (2024)
I haven't been to a Mystery Movie Monday in a while, but I'm very glad that I didn't miss this one.
I've never heard of White Bird before, so I had no idea what kind of movie it was going to be. I learned when I got home that it's a sequel to a 2017 film called Wonder which I had also never heard of. I'm going to have to find it because if it's half as good as White Bird, it's going to be incredible.
This movie really deserves more than a Mystery Movie Monday release. It deserves the widest distribution possible. It's a beautiful story about a young Jewish girl who lives through Nazi-occupied France during World War II, as she in the present day tells the story to her grandson, who is a troubled teenager who feels that the best he can do is to fit in and avoid being mean or kind to others.
I really can't say enough good things about this movie. It's absolutely beautiful. Go see it if you can.
