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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Time OutDavid EhrlichTime OutDavid EhrlichWild Canaries may be modest stuff, but its madcap misadventures are loaded with honesty, and it earns the conclusion that love never feels like a cage when you fly with the right flock.
- 75Slant MagazineNick PriggeSlant MagazineNick PriggeLawrence Michael Levine's film occupies a sweet spot between the self-aware and taut.
- 70The DissolveNoel MurrayThe DissolveNoel MurrayThe disconnect between Wild Canaries’ two modes is sometimes too wide, making the movie come across either as a sloppy mystery or a scatterbrained melodrama. More often, the mix keeps the film lively and unpredictable.
- 70Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekVillage VoiceStephanie ZacharekThe story Levine spins out of this premise has a rambunctious, woolly quality, though in the end there may be too many stringy loose ends for him to weave in properly. Still, Wild Canaries has its quiet charms.
- 70VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangLevine’s script does a clever job of keeping numerous balls in the air over the taut 99-minute running time, and the writer is especially good at using the information he feeds us in unexpectedly resourceful, double-edged ways.
- 70The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldMr. Levine spins a caper that wins you over more through tenacity than through originality.
- 67The PlaylistKatie WalshThe PlaylistKatie WalshThe genre play is an interesting and original take on what has become a cliché genre of Brooklyn relationship dramedy. But unfortunately, the execution of the story is bungled along the way.
- 50RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiOn paper, Wild Canaries sounds like it has all the ingredients for a reasonably diverting comedy, but they just never quite pull together into a cohesive or entertaining whole.