Marc Forster directs the R.J. Palacio adaptation about a former bully learning lessons in kindness and moral courage from his grandmother's tales of growing up in Nazi-occupied France.

Here at FandomWire, we review the new White Bird, starring Hellen Mirren and Gillian Anderson. This article does not contain significant spoilers.

In “White Bird,” a long anticipated film about a Jewish girl who is rescued by her classmate in Nazi-occupied France, the Holocaust is fertile ground for teaching children how to be good.

This is a very finely made movie that seemed to have just gotten caught in a sort of release limbo that’s only partially related to the strikes.

Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Bryce Gheisar, Gillian Anderson, Helen Mirren, Jo Stone-Fewings, Patsy Ferran, Stuart McQuarrie Director: Marc Forster Rating: 2.5/5 Runtime: 120 min A fairly moving tale about kindness during Nazi brutality,

This, too, is perfectly suited to that audience -- a story within a story with all the drama of war and young romance wrapped up in it. Helen Mirren is said Grandmère, or Sara Blum, a famous artist who opens up to young Julian (Bryce Gheisar) one evening over dinner about what she went through during the war.