Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.
Kes has generally received very positive reviews.
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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 28 Jun 2015
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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 08 Sep 2011
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Kes was released in 1970 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 326 reviews, giving Kes (1970) an average rating of 82%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 95%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 88%.
With a score of 82%, Kes is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1970, which stands at 59%.
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