Overall this was a fairly enjoyable film well acted by the talented cast. However the central plot line has a serious hole: Birdy is being sold into marriage to make up for father's poor money management. However, in England in the Middle Ages, when the plot is explicitly set, brides were given a dowry, not sold for a bride price. The dowry is money taken by a bride into her marriage and it was meant for her protection. If her husband died or he divorced her, the money went with her. A bit of research on the part of the author would have cleared that up quickly. But of course the writer was too interested in making political points to bother with anything like researching the culture she was supposedly portraying. She also made an absolute mockery of midwifery. If you want to make a fantasy film, fine - but don't then set it in a specific time and place without doing any research whatsoever.
Review of Catherine Called Birdy
