Arnolds latest,Bird, includes many of her patented sing-along moments.

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Its hard at times not to senseBirdleaning too much into these inherently crowd-pleasing diegetic music sequences.

Barry Keoghan in Bird

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What Is ‘Bird’ About?

To Arnold, people are often both shitheads and worthy of love.

People make mistakes and hurt those they love most.

Nykiya Adams as Bailey laying back in the water in Bird.

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There is no connection to the preceding narrative other than it being yet more amateur singing.

Ultimately it feels too familiar, even with the welcome magical realism additions and a hallucinogenic slime secreting toad.

Arnold fans will no doubt find plenty to latch onto withBird, but its unlikely to convert non-believers.

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Barry Keoghan