Manou the Swift

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Manou the Swift

2020

1h 28m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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7 Reviews

65%

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Thinking he is a seagull, a bird named Manou discovers that he is actually a swift who was adopted. When tragedy strikes, Manou sets off on a quest to learn his true identity -- and save his friends and family along the way.

Cath Clarke

Guardian

07/24/2019

2/5

Virtually laugh-free, so-so looking with a seriously drippy musical number, it feels like a film slipped into cinemas over summer to sucker parents desperate to do something, anything, to fill a couple of hours.

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Renee Schonfeld

Common Sense Media

03/12/2020

2/5

Orphaned bird looks for his true home; scares and suspense.

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Peter Sobczynski

eFilmCritic.com

02/21/2020

Swift has its heart in the right place, I suppose, but, unlike its main character, it never quite manages to spread its wings and fly.

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Josh Bell

Crooked Marquee

02/19/2020

C-

The plot lurches through a series of haphazard sequences that feel like the filmmakers going through a checklist of elements from successful animated movies.

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Alex Saveliev

Film Threat

02/11/2020

4/10

Swift is cheap on multiple levels.

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

07/27/2019

3/5

[A]s is increasingly the case with CGI features, the plot and its message are frequently sidelined by game-inspired action sequences whose swooping speed is designed to counter short attention spans.

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Indigo O

@RT59761170 Mar 8

I'm giving this a 6.5/10. It wasn't the most polished movie, with weird cuts and fades and unbalanced audio... But! It was a cute story and the animation was surprisingly well done. Solid movie for kids, I'd say.

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Max B

@RT83842091 01/11/2023

Underrated movie. Bird designs are adorable and the animation is amazing, like this right here is Pixar grade animation coming from some random low budget studio. Go support this film and this studio! They really do have talent

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Chris M

@RT21954632 10/06/2022

The animation is beautiful and in my opinion rivals Pixar on how good it looks. The only problem I have with the animation is the rats are completely hairless. And the rats don't talk, I know they're the villains but why are they just mindless monsters? Plus using the birds indigenous to the area. But the biggest issue is the pacing. It's slow, especially in the middle of the movie. But overall, it's a cute little bird coming of age story with great animation and mostly likable characters. Find it at the Dollar Tree, get it.

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Synopsis

Thinking he is a seagull, a bird named Manou discovers that he is actually a swift who was adopted. When tragedy strikes, Manou sets off on a quest to learn his true identity -- and save his friends and family along the way.

Director: Christian Haas, Andrea Block
Producer: Andrea Block, Christian Haas
Screenwriter: Axel Melzener, Andrea Block, Phil Parker, Christian Haas
Distributor: Shout! Studios
Production Co: LUXX Studios
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 21, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 21, 2020
Runtime: 1h 28m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)