The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
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An outcast bird with a short temper must team up with unlikely friends to stop a group of green pigs from stealing the island's eggs.
The story
Red, a bird with a short temper, is an outcast who lives on the outskirts of Bird Island, an island inhabited by flightless birds unaware of other islands. When a boat docks at the island's shore, the birds greet two green pigs, the captain Leonard and his assistant Ross, who claim to be peaceful explorers offering friendship. However, Red becomes suspicious of the pigs' motives and discovers they are hiding more pigs on their boat. To protect the island, Red recruits his friends Chuck and Bomb to find Mighty Eagle, the only bird capable of flight, to help them confront the threat posed by the intruders.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Red, a short-tempered bird living on the outskirts of Bird Island, is an outcast among his flightless peers. When a pair of green pigs, Leonard and Ross, arrive claiming to be peaceful explorers, Red becomes suspicious of their true motives. He discovers a hidden group of pigs on their boat and recruits his friends Chuck and Bomb to find Mighty Eagle, the island's legendary protector. While the birds are distracted by a party, the pigs steal the island's eggs. Red rallies the community to launch a rescue mission to Piggy Island. The birds storm the pigs' castle, where a massive battle ensues. Mighty Eagle eventually joins the fight to reclaim the eggs. After a chaotic explosion destroys the pigs' city, the birds successfully retrieve the eggs. The film ends with the birds rebuilding their home and Red finding acceptance among his friends, while the pigs begin plotting a new plan.
- Original title
- Angry Birds
- First release year
- 2016
- Runtime (minutes)
- 97
- Production countries
- Finland; United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Clay Kaytis; Fergal Reilly
- Writers
- Jon Vitti · writer
- Cast and characters
- Jason Sudeikis · Red; Josh Gad · Chuck; Danny McBride · Bomb; Maya Rudolph · Matilda; Kate McKinnon · Stella; Sean Penn · Terence; Tony Hale · Ross; Keegan-Michael Key · Judge Peckinpah; Bill Hader · Leonard; Peter Dinklage · Mighty Eagle
- Genres
- animated; comedy
- Themes
- good and evil; colonialism; consumer culture; family values
- Tone and mood
- fast; fizzy; frenetically entertaining
- Setting
- Bird Island and Piggy Island
- Premise and plot tags
- animated; comedy; adventure; video game adaptation
- Source material / true-story basis
- Angry Birds video game series
- Franchise connections
- Angry Birds
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing Finnish film of all time.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 43 · scale: 100 · review count: 27; CinemaScore · score: B+ · scale: A+ to F
- Production trivia
- The film is the most expensive Finnish film.; The production budget was $73 million, with $400 million spent on marketing.; The film was followed by two sequels.
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