75 Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert A sweetheart of a film, whimsical and touching. It positions itself somewhere between a slice of life and a screwball comedy. Read full review
70 Film Threat | David Grove Has more than enough charm to make it memorable. Hurt shows a gentleness and subtlety that's interesting to watch in this phase of his career. Read full review
70 Variety | Ken Eisner Hurt is quietly affecting as Dave Purcell, a fine chef but a lousy businessman whose sticksville cafe, the Auk, is named after a rare, possibly extinct kind of duck. Read full review
50 Boston Globe | Ty Burr For the record, Rare Birds doesn't even fly as a birder's special, since Tasseter's Sulfurious Duck is a fictional species. Now, if they'd seen a Eurasian Wigeon, then we'd be talking. Read full review