▁Vo ice ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁negative ▁review , ▁saying ▁" Like ▁so ▁many ▁modern ▁animated ▁features , ▁Free ▁Bird s ▁pack s ▁too ▁much ▁in ; ▁the ▁picture ▁feels ▁cr amp ed ▁and ▁cl utter ed , ▁and , ▁despite ▁its ▁occasionally ▁man ic ▁action , ▁it ▁moves ▁as ▁slowly ▁as ▁a ▁f atten ed ▁bird ▁w add ling ▁toward ▁its ▁do om ." ▁Kate ▁Er b land ▁of ▁Film . com ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁ 7 . 6 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 , ▁saying ▁" Free ▁Bird s ▁is ▁a ▁more ▁than ▁worthy ▁( and ▁weird ) ▁hol iday ▁di version ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁family ." ▁Ste phan ▁Lee ▁of ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁C , ▁saying ▁" O ften , ▁you ▁can ▁point ▁to ▁a ▁m idd ling ▁animated ▁film ' s ▁visual s ▁as ▁its ▁saving ▁grace . ▁But ▁this ▁colonial ▁world , ▁which ▁should ▁feel ▁like ▁an ▁exp ans ive ▁aut umn al ▁pan or ama , ▁feels ▁odd ly ▁in ert ▁and ▁two - dimensional ." ▁Claud ia ▁Pu ig ▁of ▁USA ▁Today ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁two ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁four , ▁saying ▁" The ▁ 3 - D ▁animated ▁film , ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁hol iday ▁entries , ▁is ▁lik able ▁and ▁am using , ▁if ▁slight ." ▁Chris ▁Cab in ▁of ▁Sl ant ▁Magazine ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁one ▁out ▁of ▁four ▁stars , ▁saying ▁" The ▁film ▁is ▁absent ▁of ▁humor ▁and ▁thr ills , ▁and