Earthquake Bird


Earthquake Bird is a 2019 psychological thriller written and directed by Wash Westmoreland based on the novel of the same name by Susanna Jones. It stars Alicia Vikander, Riley Keough, Naoki Kobayashi and Jack Huston.
It had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 10, 2019. It was released on November 1, 2019, before digital streaming on November 15, 2019, by Netflix.

Premise

Set in 1989 Tokyo, Lucy Fly, a young female expat, is suspected of murder when her friend Lily goes missing in the wake of a tumultuous love triangle with Teiji.

Cast

In August 2016, it was announced Wash Westmoreland would write and direct the film, based upon novel of the same name by Susanna Jones. Michael Schaefer, Michael Pruss, Ann Ruark, Georgina Pope will produce the film, while Ridley Scott will serve as an executive producer on the film, under their Scott Free Productions and Twenty First City banners, respectively, with Amazon Studios originally set to distribute. In March 2018, Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough joined the cast of the film, with Netflix distributing. In April 2018, Jack Huston joined the cast of the film. In May 2018, Naoki Kobayashi joined the cast of the film, with production beginning that same month, in Tokyo.

Release

It had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 10, 2019. It was released on November 1, 2019, in a limited release before digital streaming on November 15, 2019.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 50% based on 40 reviews, with a weighted average of 5.53/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Riley Keough and Alicia Vikander give it their all, but Earthquake Bird suffers from a frustrating inability to bring its literary source material consistently to life." On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 48 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".