
Rolling Stone
Three viewings in, I'm still flabbergasted by the scope and detail of this movie ... and in awe of the way its unique cover version of a crime-doesn't-pay story totally pays off.
Full reviewSpanish crime drama about an indigenous Colombian family who end up in a dangerous battle for business and control during the marijuana bonanza - a hostile decade that kickstarted drug trafficking in Colombia.
Three viewings in, I'm still flabbergasted by the scope and detail of this movie ... and in awe of the way its unique cover version of a crime-doesn't-pay story totally pays off.
Full reviewWhile certain genre tendencies prevent the narrative from truly unmooring, hardly a scene goes by without something fundamentally familiar being rendered in a unique fashion.
Full reviewA gripping saga which traces the birth of the narcotrafficking industry which gutted Colombian society, the follow up to Embrace Of The Serpent brings a fresh perspective, rejecting the overly familiar tropes of gangster movie.
Full reviewYou feel for these fathers, mothers and children as they endure their mythic rise and fall, but the ruthless, eternal cycle of violence begetting violence leaves no room for sentimentality.
Full reviewIntelligently and assuredly explores how longstanding traditions can be gradually upended by drugs, money and outside influences.
Full reviewBirds of Passage (Pájaros de Verano) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.
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