The Black Bird is not really a parody, as it does not poke fun at "The Maltese Falcon".
It is just a very subtle comedy with very little plot, about another group of people searching for the bird.
It is not a great film, or a hilarious film, but worth watching mainly to see the performances of Lee Patrick and Lionel Stander.
The "8" that I gave it is for them, otherwise I would have given it a "5" or "6".
If they had given Elisha Cook Jr. a larger part it would have helped.
The running gag with the car was cute but nothing to write home about.
The addition of a little person playing a Nazi with Hawaiian thugs was just dumb.
The ending was about the same as the ending of most of this type of movie, a letdown to the tune of "Bye Bye Blackbird".
It is just a very subtle comedy with very little plot, about another group of people searching for the bird.
It is not a great film, or a hilarious film, but worth watching mainly to see the performances of Lee Patrick and Lionel Stander.
The "8" that I gave it is for them, otherwise I would have given it a "5" or "6".
If they had given Elisha Cook Jr. a larger part it would have helped.
The running gag with the car was cute but nothing to write home about.
The addition of a little person playing a Nazi with Hawaiian thugs was just dumb.
The ending was about the same as the ending of most of this type of movie, a letdown to the tune of "Bye Bye Blackbird".