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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 92Paste MagazineOktay Ege KozakPaste MagazineOktay Ege KozakWith its giddy and hypnotic mix of oil painting backgrounds and digital animation in service of a wonderfully inventive story surrounded by kooky, immediately lovable characters, Tito and the Birds is also one of the most original animated works of the year.
- 90TheWrapCarlos AguilarTheWrapCarlos AguilarTito and the Birds is extraordinary proof that universality comes from specificity. Sometimes there is nothing more globally relevant than a hand-crafted Portuguese-language animated indie.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe Brazilian animated feature offers relief from the impersonal assault of contemporary pop culture.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubEntertainment WeeklyChristian HolubThe strength of Tito and the Birds lies in its imaginative touches like this and overall visual aesthetic, which mixes various painting and animating styles into a beautiful fusion, but the actual storytelling leaves a little depth to be desired.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe animation is equal parts digital, graphic and oil-painting-based, creating a surreal and hypnotizing landscape, while the main narrative thread offers plenty of real-world metaphors without condescending to kiddie sentimentality.
- 75The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakJust like Issa López did in Mexico with Tigers Are Not Afraid, Brazilians Gabriel Bitar, André Catoto, and Gustavo Steinberg have crafted Tito and the Birds as a powerful metaphor utilizing reality’s horrors to drive home a point too many have resigned themselves into ignoring.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoAn appealing Brazilian animated feature, and it’s conveyed in a handsome, expressive style that’s pleasing to watch.
- 70The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe adventure plot in the Brazilian feature Tito and the Birds, directed by Gustavo Steinberg, Gabriel Bitar, and André Catoto, is no great shakes — it wouldn’t be out of place on a Saturday-morning cartoon — but visually, the movie leaves room for the viewer to synthesize, and to dream.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA Danny Elfman-like score and the dark earnestness of lead voice-actor Matheus Nachtergaele's performance make this world believable enough that the film's big revelation — city pigeons, as humanity's ancient companions, know how we can stop being so paralyzed by fear — doesn't sound quite as ridiculous as it should.