Synopsis
Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.
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Cast
- Alicia VikanderLucy Fly
- Riley KeoughLily Bridges
- Naoki KobayashiTeiji Matsuda
- Kiki SukezaneNatsuko
- Yoshiko SakumaMrs. Yamamoto
- Ken YamamuraDet. Oguchi
- Kazuhiro MuroyamaDet. Kameyama
- Crystal KaySinger
- Akiko IwaseMs. Katō
- Jack HustonBob Johnson
- 70
Screen Daily
Everyone here appears to be revelling in the juicy opportunities Earthquake Bird brings to hit up our memories of everything from Fatal Attraction to Single White Female. - 60
Variety
Westmoreland approaches the project every bit as respectful toward Japanese customs as Jones was, although only a percentage of her insights carry over to the film. They’re still there, mind you, but more difficult to detect. - 60
The Guardian
I was less taken with the wait-is-this-really-happening moments that tend to undermine the emotional currency in which the drama is presented to us. Some real tremors, though. - 58
IndieWire
While too muddled and morose to hold together as a psychosexual thriller, Wash Westmoreland’s Earthquake Bird can be compelling for how it both explores and subverts the idea that everyone gets a little bit lost in translation. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
This solidly crafted Ridley Scott production is sprinkled with classy ingredients, including Alicia Vikander as headline star. But it is also a fairly flat treatment of over-familiar plot elements, and fatally low on the key psycho-thriller elements of suspense, surprise and dread. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Try as he might, Westmoreland can’t muster the same portraiture skills with a woman of mystery and brokenness that he’s shown with bold, expressive types (“Still Alice,” “Colette”). - 50
The New York Times
For all its consideration, while Earthquake Bird adds up to a “real” movie, it’s too polite to add up to an entirely compelling one. - 50
IGN
Netflix's Earthquake Bird is a not particularly engaging thriller featuring an inert performance from Alicia Vikander.