Movie

The Blue Bird

1940 · 88 min

A dreamy Technicolor fairy-tale pageant, sweet and a little stagey, drifting through wonders toward a gentle moral about home.

Tagline: 1001 Wonders in Technicolor
Overview: Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
How it feels: Whimsical, warm, earnest and eerie. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Coming-of-age, family, identity, healing
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
family
identity
healing
death
Places: countryside
fantasy world
single country house
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none