There was a time when the idea of an Angry Birds movie sounded like the most mid-2010s sentence imaginable. Then it came out, made real money, and somehow became one of the more memorable examples of the mobile-game adaptation boom. Nearly 10 years later, the film is still hanging around streaming libraries, but not for much longer. Prime subscribers have until March 31 to watch it there.

Released in 2016, The Angry Birds Movie turns the wildly popular game into a comedy adventure centered on Red, a permanently irritated bird living on Bird Island, whose suspicions grow when mysterious pigs arrive. The film was directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly, and while it got a mixed response critically, it was a box office success that led to a sequel in 2019. The voice cast includes Jason Sudeikis as Red, Josh Gad as Chuck, Danny McBride as Bomb, Maya Rudolph as Matilda, Bill Hader as Leonard, Peter Dinklage as Mighty Eagle, Kate McKinnon as Stella, Sean Penn as Terence, and Keegan-Michael Key as Judge Peckinpah.

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So… Was ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ Any Good?

Well, the fact a film as bad as this cost us another outing with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe in The Nice Guys is devastating. The video game sensation crushed the Shane Black movie at the box office to the point that Gosling still brings it up now. Talk about PTSD. Collider’s review stated that The Angry Birds Movie struggles to justify its existence, delivering a forgettable and unfunny adaptation that fails to capture what made the game appealing in the first place. In an F review, it stated:
“While one could argue that plot shouldn’t matter so much at a film targeted towards kids, we know that the mark of a quality family film is one that should appeal to the whole family. The Angry Birds Movie, judging by the long silences at my screening, appeals to no one, not even the kids in the audience who probably aren’t the proper age for puns like ‘Pluck my life,’ and ‘Get flocking angry.’ The humor is all over the place, and it’s a film where they hope that shaking a pig’s butt or drinking pee-filled water will get the easy laughs from the youngest viewers while the adults in the audience count the second until they can leave.”
The Angry Bird Movie leaves Prime Video on March 31.

Release Date

May 11, 2016

Runtime

97 minutes

Director

Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly