▁reported ▁a ▁ 1 9 % ▁appro val ▁rating ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 4 . 2 / 1 0 ▁based ▁on ▁ 8 5 ▁reviews . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁cons ensus ▁reads : ▁" Te chn ically ▁prof ic ient ▁yet ▁cre atively ▁mor ib und , ▁Free ▁Bird s ▁beg s ▁un fortun ate ▁compar isons ▁with ▁the ▁dim - w itted ▁f ow l ▁that ▁inspired ▁it ." ▁Another ▁review ▁aggreg ator , ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁which ▁assign s ▁a ▁normal ized ▁rating ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁top ▁reviews ▁from ▁main stream ▁critics , ▁calculated ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 3 8 ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁reviews , ▁indicating ▁" gener ally ▁unf avor able ▁reviews ". ▁ ▁Justin ▁Ch ang ▁of ▁Vari ety ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁negative ▁review , ▁saying ▁" This ▁seem ingly ▁innoc uous ▁to on ▁fant asy ▁becomes ▁another ▁no x ious - but - san it ized ▁exercise ▁in ▁family - friend ly ▁cultural ▁ins ens itivity ." ▁Al onso ▁D ural de ▁of ▁The ▁W rap ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁negative ▁review , ▁saying ▁" E ven ▁setting ▁aside ▁the ▁film ' s ▁dis reg ard ▁for ▁time - tra vel ▁par ado xes ▁and ▁gen o cide ▁met aph ors — tr ust ▁me , ▁you ▁don ' t ▁want ▁to ▁w ade ▁into ▁either ▁of ▁those — Free ▁Bird s ▁just ▁isn ' t ▁fun ny ." ▁Steph anie ▁Zach are k ▁of ▁The ▁Village