A couple of years after debuting at Sundance, the official trailer for Little Birds has arrived ahead of its planned release some time this summer. Directed by Elgin James and starring Juno Temple and Kay Panabaker, who always looks like Amber Tamblyn to me, the indie drama features the two women as friends who leave their boring lives by the Salton Sea for the perceived excitement of Los Angeles. Only upon arrival they discover that the grass isn't necessarily greener on the other side.
James, who also wrote the script, doesn't appear to be doing anything particularly unique here. We've seen this story of small town girls getting fed up with the closed in nature of home only to find trouble and doomed love out on the open road. That said, the film appears to be well shot, and with Temple as one of the leads you can pretty much expect at least one great performance. Leslie Mann and Kyle Gallner co-star, with Kate Bosworth continuing her slide into art house obscurity. She's doing the best work of her career right now, and unfortunately nobody is seeing it. Check out the Little Birds trailer below...
