Morgan Rojas Cinemacy Nov 9, 2018

While there are funny moments, mostly coming from Levine and Shawkat's performances, most of the film is lackluster, especially the relationships between the characters.

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Kathy Fennessy The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017

[Lawrence Michael] Levine juices the intrigue with humor (a dub-intensive score elevates the tension), and that helps to keep things engaging, but man oh man, can these people be exasperating.

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Bill Graham The Film Stage Jun 21, 2016 B-

Clearly, Canaries is all about the couple at its core, who are both drawn smoothly.

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Brian Miller Seattle Weekly Nov 12, 2015

Married filmmakers Takal and Levine have an easy rapport, and they elicit likable performances from all their cast. (Even the villains are hard to hate.)

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Marc Mohan Oregonian Mar 13, 2015 C-

This screwball noir about a Brooklyn couple who investigate the death of their elderly neighbor is an enthusiastic but bungled effort at a comedic thriller.

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Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times Mar 5, 2015

Attempting to capture the screwball essence of the old-school suspense-comedy ... Lawrence Michael Levine's flighty "Wild Canaries" lacks the filmmaking discipline required to pay effective homage.

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John Hartl Seattle Times Mar 5, 2015 2.5/4

Cute or presumptuous? It's your call where "Wild Canaries" is concerned.

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Michael Nordine Vice Mar 5, 2015

Levine deftly toes the seriocomic line, making us sure nothing underhanded has actually occurred in one scene and making us question that certainty in the next.

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Rob Thomas Madison Movie Mar 4, 2015 3/4

It's like "Scooby-Doo" for the artisanal cupcake set.

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Katie Walsh The Playlist Feb 28, 2015 B-

The genre play is an interesting take on what has become a clich genre of Brooklyn relationship dramedy. But unfortunately, the execution is bungled along the way, and the film ends up feeling like not quite one thing and not quite the other.

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Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com Feb 27, 2015

It offers an unpredictable ride that's kind of fun, or at least sporadically simulates fun.

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Kam Williams Baret News Feb 27, 2015 3.5/4

A delightful diversion that succeeds in spoofing the film noir genre while simultaneously spinning a thoroughly-modern variation on the theme of those classic crime capers.

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Tomas Hachard NPR Feb 26, 2015

It's evident that the film is largely a lark, that Levin is having fun creating comic sparks by smashing a murder mystery together with a group of self-centered detectives, plot details be damned.

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Amir Soltani Movie Mezzanine Feb 26, 2015 3.5/4

The stars of the show are Levine and Takal, whose performances not only perfect the film's comic tempo, but also suggest that their real-life relationship has influenced every frustrated argument and passionate kiss seen in the film.

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Sarah Winshall Under the Radar Feb 26, 2015 7.5/10

Like much of Woody Allen's mid-career work, it's a light romantic comedy handled with aplomb.

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John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter Feb 25, 2015

Despite an appealing cast, though, neither comedy nor suspense really takes flight until very near the end, largely due to a script that isn't equal to the filmmakers' enthusiasm.

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Matt Prigge Metro Feb 25, 2015 4/5

'Wild Canaries' is a polished indie homage to screwball comedy, but its retro fever is not shallow. Its understanding of the subgenre runs deep.

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A.A. Dowd AV Club Feb 25, 2015 B+

At its core, Wild Canaries is a reminder that relationships require a sense of adventure, and maybe a little mystery, to keep the magic alive. Indie comedies, as the film proves, benefit from the same.

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Peter Sobczynski RogerEbert.com Feb 25, 2015 2/4

On paper, "Wild Canaries" sounds like it has all the ingredients for a reasonably diverting comedy, but they just never quite pull together into a cohesive or entertaining whole.

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Nicolas Rapold New York Times Feb 24, 2015

Setting this pair of squirrelly, suspicious minds loose on matters of love and death, Mr. Levine spins a caper that wins you over more through tenacity than through originality.

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