Bird Box (2018)

Bird Box rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.6/10· 416K votes

Rotten Tomatoes64%

Metacritic51%

TMDb6.824/10· 11K votes

With 64% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 51/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Bird Box

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

Cast of Bird Box

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  Sandra Bullock

  as Malorie Hayes

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  Trevante Rhodes

  as Tom

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  John Malkovich

  as Douglas

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  Sarah Paulson

  as Jessica

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  Jacki Weaver

  as Cheryl

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  Rosa Salazar

  as Lucy

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  Danielle Macdonald

  as Olympia

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  Lil Rel Howery

  as Charlie

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  Tom Hollander

  as Gary

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  mgk

  as Felix

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  BD Wong

  as Greg

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  Pruitt Taylor Vince

  as Rick

Bird Box facts

Budget

$19.8M

Collection

Bird Box Collection

Our take on Bird Box

Susanne Bier's 2018 thriller unfolds five years after an unseen presence drove most of society to suicide on sight, following a survivor and her two children on a desperate journey toward safety. Blending post-apocalyptic dread with intimate family drama, the film builds tension around a simple, terrifying rule: never look. Bier stages much of the peril blindfolded, turning ordinary movement into agonizing suspense. It suits viewers who prefer psychological horror and survival stakes over gore, and who like a genre film anchored by a strong central performance. Grounded more in fear of the unknown than explicit monsters, it works best for those content to let the threat stay unseen.