Bird Box Barcelona Reviews
Romey Norton Film Focus Online
Whilst parts were predictable there's still enjoyment in the suspense. Bird Box Barcelona holds extremely well as a drama-horror film and is worth investing your time in.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 22, 2024
Sergio Burstein Los Angeles Times
The film has moments of pure and hard terror that should appease those who love the genre. [Full review in Spanish]
Full Review | Oct 5, 2023
Keith Garlington
It’s certainly no clone of its 2018 predecessor. The Pastors do a good job of giving their film its own identity, taking the same concept and building on it in a number of interesting ways.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 13, 2023
Nuha Hassan Nuha Hassan
The movie could have spent time observing the themes around grief and what it does to someone but, instead, focuses on the faux-religious angle that takes away the emotional moments to reach its full potential.
Full Review | Sep 8, 2023
Erik Childress Movie Madness Podcast
Having laid the groundwork for its terror in the lackluster first film, this one raises an interesting idea and then never fleshes it out beyond an antagonist's secret as it is more interested in its suicidal payoffs then truly upping the stakes.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 3, 2023
Abhishek Srivastava The Times of India
Ultimately, the film fails to break new ground, resulting in a somewhat underwhelming experience.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 1, 2023
Lucas Moore
While it has glaring faults Bird Box: Barcelona still has enough dramatic elements to keep you intrigued until it leans too heavy into the worst tropes of movies like Book of Eli.
Full Review | Original Score: D - | Aug 1, 2023
Mini Anthikad-Chhibber The Hindu
Competently acted with a fair bit of tension and character development, this offering by Álex and David Pastor is a fun addition to the Bird Box universe.
Full Review | Jul 30, 2023
Jennifer Green Common Sense Media
You don't have to have watched Sandra Bullock-led Bird Box to be interested in this intense spin-off; coming in new might actually heighten the suspense.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 27, 2023
Alex Maidy JoBlo's Movie Network
Overall, fans of the original Bird Box will likely enjoy this expansion of the mythology behind the alien invaders. At the same time, everyone else will probably be content to wait to see what comes next.
Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 27, 2023
Joseph Robinson Fish Jelly Films (YouTube)
It just feels like they took a story that was not good to begin with and, because it was successful, made a version in Spanish.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 25, 2023
Paul Mount Starburst
Bird Box Barcelona is a tough and bleak movie, but it offers spectacle and action for those looking for pure entertainment and something a little more thought-provoking and challenging for an audience that likes its genre fare more multi-layered.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 24, 2023
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Mostly disappoints.
Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jul 22, 2023
Manuel Betancourt FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Treading familiar ground... I was most interested in the Catholic undertones that I wish had been a little more developed.
Full Review | Jul 22, 2023
Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
[There's] a new element, which I think is very bright of the film... They pull this thing off again.
Full Review | Jul 22, 2023
Symphony Barnes Cultured Vultures
Bird Box Barcelona is an interesting concept, as we get to see how others around the world are affected by the phenomenon, but the execution isn’t the best.
Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 21, 2023
Ruben Peralta Rigaud Cocalecas
Bird Box Barcelona is disappointing. [Full review in Spanish]
Full Review | Jul 20, 2023
Joe Lipsett Horror Queers Podcast
While it falls back on many of the same narrative tropes from the first film, the change in locale and the exploration of the Seer mythology does enough to justify this new film's existence.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 19, 2023
Graeme Tuckett Stuff.co.nz
After an excellent switchback in the first few minutes, Bird Box Barcelona settles into a kind of The Road- meets-28 Weeks Later rhythm which is probably as much as you could hope for.
Full Review | Jul 19, 2023
Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review
Less a horror film than the first, <i>Bird Box Barcelona</i> is more of a straight-up action-thriller
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 19, 2023