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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
Reviews for Birth
It's beautifully made and very well-acted, tantalising us with its central mystery even if it's rather mopey and dull.
Manhattan-based supernatural thriller done in the tone of "Rosemary's Baby" starts out strong but loses all steam in its third act.
all the best and all the worst things associated with the phrase "art film"
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.
Birth channels the style and tone of [Buñuel classics] exceptionally well, but ultimately the dramatic resolution is unsatisfying.
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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