I'm not (Gull)ible

Rating: 6/10 (18 May 2005)

This film is mainly a drawn-out drama. It deals with two main protagonists who meet by chance but then swiftly become the love interests.
Exactly why there is a developing bird onslaught is really second to the physical events themselves, and how the main characters deal with the attack, (in their own unquestioning fashion). Sure, there are some crackpot theorists in the diner, (as well as an unconvincable ornithologist, who in my view should have been the FIRST to notice any unusual bird behavior, not the last), but nobody really helps the viewer out.
There are some good moments too. The first hints of unusual avian behavior are curious and quite unexpected. Also, the feeling of seclusion and isolation in Bodego Bay are sufficient and quite appropriate, even if standard film-making techniques.
You get the feeling that this story is a complete dramatic cul-de-sac. Any meaning or grand scheme behind the "climax" of the film would only invalidate almost everything else that happened previously. I for one cannot think of any explanation(s) that would not make me regret the two-hour sitting. Can you?