Follow That Bird (1985)

Good concept, poorly executed.

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This is a really cute kids movie with some really great cameos (was that John Candy?) If your kids like Sesame Street and/or the Muppets they will love this movie. Great stuff. Can't recommend it any more highly, almost as good as the original Muppets!

Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird (1985): Dir: Ken Kwapis / Cast: Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, Waylon Jennings, Sandra Bernhard, Alyson Court: Sesame Street celebrates one of its most beloved characters in Big Bird. He lives on Sesame Street amongst humans as well as other Muppet characters such as Oscar the grouch, Grover, and the Cookie Monster. Central plot regards an authority bird named Miss Finch who cannot mind her own business. Instead she sees Big Bird as unhappy because he doesn't live with other birds. So she sets him up with a family of dodos that are about as much fun as slamming your head repeatedly in the car door. Big Bird agrees and begins the trek back home where he makes interesting encounters. The human actors on Sesame Street set out to meet Big Bird and help him get home while his fellow Muppet pals set out as well. Cookie Monster attempts to devour a car. Grover becomes Super Grover and tries to take flight. Bert and Ernie go by plane. Cameos by Dave Thomas and Joe Flaherty as a couple of scheming circus swindlers out to capture Big Bird for their own use. Waylon Jennings sings the only decent song during the film as he gives Big Bird a lift. Sandra Bernhard works at a grouch diner. Alyson Court even makes an appearance as a youngster sheltering Big Bird on a farm. Delightful family romp that reminds us what true unity is all about. Score: 9 / 10

I never saw this movie as a child, but I've seen the other Sesame Street and Muppet films and like everyone else I grew up with the series.This morning I saw it on TV and couldn't stop watching, I'm 18-years-old and I fell in love with Sesame Street all over again. The greatest children's films shouldn't talk down to it's target audience. Follow that Bird is fun, entertaining and has a sense of humour even an adult can enjoy.I tried to rewatch the Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland a few years ago and couldn't make it all the way through. It's not a bad film, I liked it when I was seven but it didn't stand the test of time.Follow that Bird on the other hand has something special about it, the plot has some weight to it. The whole adoption story and the birds wanting to be with their own kind seemed to be conveying a message about racism.And it also gets a little serious and emotional in places. A lot of people found the Blue Bird song to be sad.So if you're looking for something to watch with your kids of just want to take a trip down memory lane, Follow that Bird won't disappoint.

It's great for a public television show to go on the big screen. Warner Brothers and the Children's Television Workshop to come up with a movie like this. In "Follow That Bird" Big Bird gets to go across country unknowingly that Miss Finch is so discriminative that Big Bird belongs with birds. How do you like that? When he goes to live with the DoDos', he not happy with them he missed Snuffy and the others, so he leaves the DoDos and goes the long way back to Sesame Street. The other gang decide to do the same thing, also that meddlesome Miss Finch, the culprit behind this mess. Big Bird meets a lot of new people, one kid mistook him for a chicken, He's an 8'2" 6 year-old canary. It took a lot of effort and determination to get Big Bird back to his true home, Sesame Street. When that Miss Finch came back Maria(Sonia Manzano) tells Miss Finch family is diverse, and not discriminant. The last words from Miss Finch was "Case Dismissed". No one will ever see that bird ever again. With all the characters there from Bert& Ernie, Super Grover, Cookie Monster, and who else The Count. This is one movie you won't find on public TV, but it's education is some ways. 5 Stars!