The Painted Bird's reviews
Media reviews
The Guardian
"Film festivals need masterpieces to marvel at and turkeys to laugh about. But they also need a film like The Painted Bird, a film that makes a mockery of star ratings...Marhoul?s film is unremittingly savage and searing. It knows exactly what it?s doing and, by that logic, never puts a foot wrong".
Variety
"The film?s sheer unblinking stamina is as impressive as its pristine formal composure, though it has to be said that at nearly three hours ? somewhat surprising, considering the novel?s brevity ? its blunt-instrument force doesn?t yield much fresh perspective on oft-dramatized atrocities".
The Wrap
"Anchored by breathtaking visuals and a powerful child performance, Václav Marhoul?s three-hour film is a worthy endurance saga".
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote