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Broken Bird is primarily a character study, and Calder is its greatest asset.

That the whole thing works so well is a tribute to the po-faced matter-of-factness of the approach and the exuberant charm of the execution.

The audience is taken from delight to despair, while never truly losing its grin.

The world of Kevin & Perry has a misplaced sweetness.

You could argue it's a bit broad but then charming crowdpleasers often are.

Whitman respects and relishes in Austen's creation but is no slave to it, inventing additional characters to help the story flow.

Despite the cast's efforts, the film is a bit of a nothing.

A considerably flawed, yet visually superb, tale of beauty, beast and love.

The wolf cam POV shots are a charming if somewhat over-familiar device, accompanied by growling, and this helps to alleviate what is always the biggest difficulty for werewolf films: showing too much of the monster.