CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY 12A
★★★☆☆ OUT 23 SEPTEMBER CINEMAS 7 OCTOBER PRIME VIDEO
Critics whetted their knives for , Lena Dunham’s first film as director, but the controversial polymath is on surer footing with a likeable, if uneven, adap of Karen Cushman’s YA novel. Indeed, the protagonist of her medieval coming-of-ager could almost be a distant ancestor of Dunham’s Hannah in . Spiky and headstrong, Birdy navigates the pitfalls of adolescence while fending off potential suitors after her impetuous father’s spending leaves the family in financial trouble.
