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The Big Year
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1h 42m
AI Analysis
The Big Year (2011) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Big Year (2011) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~102 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Big Year 60% (887 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
60%
from 887 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2011-10-13
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- TMDB rating
- 6.0
- TMDB ID
- 73937
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Where can I watch The Big Year (2011)?
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Is there an official trailer for The Big Year?
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What is The Big Year about?
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Big Year?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie The Big Year?
The official runtime for The Big Year is approximately 102 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Steve Martin
Stu Preissler

Jack Black
Brad Harris

Owen Wilson
Kenny Bostick

Brian Dennehy
Raymond Harris

Anjelica Huston
Annie Auklet

Rashida Jones
Ellie

Rosamund Pike
Jessica

Dianne Wiest
Brenda Harris

JoBeth Williams
Edith

Anthony Anderson
Bill Clemont

Corbin Bernsen
Gil Gordon

Barry Shabaka Henley
Dr. Neil Kramer

Joel McHale
Barry Loomis

Tim Blake Nelson
Fuchs

Jim Parsons
Crane

Kevin Pollak
Jim Gittelson

Nate Torrence
Ted Simkin

Steven Weber
Rick
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