it's patchy, admittedly, in places, but it's also audacious and the first mainstream film to address unapologetically, in every scene, in every frame of film, our present situation
for all of its gimmicky appeal, "Songbird" is bad enough; Starring KJ Apa as a COVID-immune delivery boy, this Michael Bay-produced response to the pandemic somehow makes COVID even less fun
a Michael Bay-produced movie about the pandemic is an ingeniously made film of the moment even if its plotting gets a little rote; "Songbird" is an acceptably watchable thriller that's more notable for what it achieves technically than anything else
"Songbird," perhaps the worst film of 2020, and at the very least one of its most incoherent; Its intentions are bad, its execution is worse; Its gimmick is the pandemic, but it doesn't have anything interesting or insightful to say about it
"Songbird" itself delivers an enjoyably tactless jolt of trash-cinema bravado; Technically impressive and utterly tasteless, this thriller is among the year's most extraordinary films
by Kevin Maher [Times (UK) ]
