Al and Birdy become best friends in their adolescence, despite being very much opposites in nearly everything. Al is a sociable guy who likes girls, whereas Birdy is completely asocial and asexual, devoting his entire time to birds. Both guys are drafted to the Vietnam war, and go back scarred -- Al physically, Birdy mentally.
Second viewing. Not as rewarding an experience as I seem to have considered on my first viewing. While an interesting movie, it has problems, the biggest of which being perhaps that its main dramatic axis -- will Birdy return to sanity or not? -- is not very interesting, especially as it is handled in a very ponderous manner. I think a possible reading of the film is that Al and Birdy are actually two sides of the same person; their attitudes towards women, for example, although apparently opposite, are equally resulting from an ideology that forbids seeing them as persons.
Rating: 56 (down from 74)
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