H is for Hawk features two plotlines. The first is about Helen (Claire Foy) coping with her father’s death. While Foy carries the requisite emotional weight, it’s thinly written and seems beside the point. The second, more central plotline shows Helen becoming addicted to falconry, which is engrossing as her relationship with the hawk takes flight. However, true story notwithstanding, the grief angle isn’t needed; it distracts from the compelling bird-training moments. Hawk would have been better had it simply been about a woman and her new hobby instead of an uplifting and tropey take on grief-induced addiction (H is for hawk, not heroin, you see).