The Big Year
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- interz8December 13, 2025The original theatrical release was a good movie, but this far superior extended version (with John Cleese narration) is magnificent. Steve Martin shines in a rare, gentle, non-comedic role, as do the rest of the tremendous cast including Jack Black, Rashida Jones, Angelica Huston, and the great Brian Dennehy. A beautiful, moving, joyous, visually gorgeous tale of obsession, love, travel, friendship, and the majesty of the natural world. Not to mention the smokin' soundtrack which includes top songs by Guster and Coldplay. I'd likely put this extended version in my top ten favorite films of all time.
- CubaneJuly 22, 2026Some of the top comedy names in the biz come together to be... not particularly funny. But the movie is still an original feel-good story.
- ThreeGsApril 11, 2026Fun little movie that was better than I expected.
- lavlavsApril 4, 2026A decent comedy. The birder in me would've loved seeing more of the birds, though. There's a moment with the antagonist of the film that happens where you kinda of just know how the end of the film must play out after, but I'm glad there's kind of a twist to it. There was a really obvious way to end the movie that I'm glad it didn't end on.
- ርልዪረFebruary 2, 2025Birding (bird watching) and the 'Big Year' challenge of spotting as many birds as possible in a year may not seem the most exciting of subjects for a film, but The Big Year manages to engage and entertain throughout. Jack Black, Steve Martin & Owen Wilson play (essentially themselves) Birders all seeking to set a new record for the number of species spotted. Whilst badged as a comedy, it's no rip-roarer (Jack Black falls over a couple of times, which is about the extent of it) but the film is certainly light hearted and completely harmless. I'm not a birder, or particularly interested in our feathered friends, but I was drawn in by the concept and particularly the beautiful scenery across the USA. There are also some really powerful messages within the plot, which are delivered subtly and thoughtfully. If you want good, clean, family fun with the potential for a few laughs and broadening of the mind then you could do a lot worse.
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The Big Year was released on October 14, 2011.
The Big Year was directed by David Frankel.
The Big Year has a runtime of 1h 42m.
The Big Year was produced by Stuart Cornfeld, Curtis Hanson, Karen Rosenfelt.
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.
The key characters in The Big Year are Stu Preissler (Steve Martin), Brad Harris (Jack Black), Kenny Bostick (Owen Wilson).
The Big Year is rated PG.
The Big Year is a Comedy film.
The Big Year has an audience rating of 4.1 out of 10.
The Big Year had a budget of $41M.
The Big Year has made $8.2M at the box office.