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Birth (2004)

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Reviews Counted:136

Fresh:53

Rotten:83

Average Rating:5.2/10

Consensus: A well-mounted production is undermined by a muddled, absurd storyline of questionable taste.

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Maverick young filmmaker Jonathan Glazer affirms the promise of his brilliant debut, Sexy Beast, with his new film Birth, teaming with Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman for a metaphysical love... Maverick young filmmaker Jonathan Glazer affirms the promise of his brilliant debut, Sexy Beast, with his new film Birth, teaming with Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman for a metaphysical love story that explores the space between what we know and what we feel. Kidman stars as Anna, a delicate young widow who is on the verge of a new life when a solemn little boy appears, claiming to be the reincarnation of her dead husband. As Anna, Kidman achieves a breathtaking emotional transparency to portray an intelligent woman who discovers another side of herself in the face of a bizarre, yet tantalizing possibility. The actress is beautifully paired with Canadian child actor Cameron Bright, who portrays the boy interloper with a haunting stillness and conviction. Bringing an assured sense of style and form to a decidedly unconventional narrative, Glazer creates a world that is at once strange and familiar, like a fairy tale. Like many fairy tales, Birth is part romance, part mystery, and part family drama - woven into a magical whole about love, mortality and the unknown. Birth is scheduled for a Nov. 5 release. [More]

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Danny Huston, Cameron Bright, Lauren Bacall

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Danny Huston, Cameron Bright, Lauren Bacall, Alison Elliot, Arliss Howard, Anne Heche, Peter Stormare, Zoe Caldwell, Milo Addica, Ted Levine, Cara Seymour

Director: Jonathan Glazer

Director: Jonathan Glazer
Screenwriter: Jean-Claude Carriere, Milo Addica
Producer: Nick Morris, Lizie Gower
Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Studio: New Line Cinema

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11/06/04
Matthew Turner
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It's beautifully made and very well-acted, tantalising us with its central mystery even if it's rather mopey and dull.

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10/20/04
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04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Manhattan-based supernatural thriller done in the tone of "Rosemary's Baby" starts out strong but loses all steam in its third act.

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11/01/07
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12/06/05
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all the best and all the worst things associated with the phrase "art film"

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09/12/05
Dragan Antulov
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Nadie debería ir a ver esta película sin estar dispuesto a sumergirse en un clima extraño, donde conviven el misterio, la sensualidad y la locura.

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08/27/05
Enrique Buchichio
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05/13/05
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Frustratingly stillborn.

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05/03/05
Nick Schager
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Lessons of Darkness

Birth channels the style and tone of [Buñuel classics] exceptionally well, but ultimately the dramatic resolution is unsatisfying.

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04/14/05
Mark Pfeiffer
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Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Apesar de contar com sua parcela de defeitos, merece aplausos pela honestidade com que aborda sua história e pela coragem de Glazer em investir em um ritmo lento e estudado.

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