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Enigmatic psychological drama directed by Jonathan Glazer, starring Nicole Kidman as Anna, a wealthy widow in her mid-30s living in New York's Upper East Side. Anna is finally recovering after the death of her husband, Sean, and is coming to terms with her new life to the extent that she is now engaged to be married to a new man, Joseph (Danny Huston). But when she meets ten-year-old David (Cameron Bright), her life is thrown into disarray: the boy claims to be a reincarnation of her dead husband, and in her fragile and unsettled state Anna becomes increasingly obsessed by him - much to the concern of her fiancé and her mother, Eleanor (Lauren Bacall).
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Fab film, a real thriller and Nicole Kidman at best
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By K. Preston
Format:DVD
Let's get the downside out of the way first. Yes, to be honest, the plot is rather thin and when the film has finished will inspire a fair amount of disbelief in those who care to exmaine the story.
But on the upside, whilst you are immersed in the fim's wonderful cinematography, its bleak pallette of wintery colours and grainy visuals, those long, still scenes, and the moody, hypnotic soundtrack, you will be sucked into the atmosphere of suspense and mystery.
Don't listen to all the naysayers, this film is well worth a watch. Lock Stock and 2 Smoking barrels it certainly isn't (as a 1 star reviewer unfairly compared it to). If that's you're kind of film then go and watch something else. If you want to explore a different kind of film making, one with style, substance and scenes of quiet contemplation, then watch Birth.
But on the upside, whilst you are immersed in the fim's wonderful cinematography, its bleak pallette of wintery colours and grainy visuals, those long, still scenes, and the moody, hypnotic soundtrack, you will be sucked into the atmosphere of suspense and mystery.
Don't listen to all the naysayers, this film is well worth a watch. Lock Stock and 2 Smoking barrels it certainly isn't (as a 1 star reviewer unfairly compared it to). If that's you're kind of film then go and watch something else. If you want to explore a different kind of film making, one with style, substance and scenes of quiet contemplation, then watch Birth.
37 of 41 people found the following review helpful
By Demob Happy
Format:DVD
Birth died a death (pardon the pun) before it was even released due to unwelcome and hysterical publicity at its suggestion of sexual relations between a grown woman and a ten-year-old boy. Something of a flop, I watched it without any specific expectations or prejudices about its premise and was pleasantly surprised. As often with more elegaic, slow-moving films, you get a raft of irate reviewers on Amazon screaming about how bored they were as if they have been personally affonted. Maybe they were expecting something from Nicole Kidman on the level of Bewitched or The Stepford Wives? This is not conventional Hollywood - but more (perhaps self-consciously) European in style, darkly symbolic in the mold of Lucile Hadzihalilovic's Innocence - with shades of David Lynch and Luis Bunuel.
Richly atmospheric, with an uncanny performance by Cameron Bright as the possible reincarnation of Nicole Kidman's dead husband, it is a chilling examination of loss and grief. Although it operates on one level as a supernatural thriller, there are more subtle currents at work here that less imaginative filmgoers like to dismiss as boring or pretentious. Allow yourself to be pulled into the sombre mood, however, and stop expecting things 'To Happen', and you might be rewarded with something deeper and more nuanced. If you don't have much of an attention span or a capacity to enjoy films which aren't supposed to be treated as literal, then you should avoid this. 'Birth' has its faults, but it doesn't deserve the vitriolic abuse it has received here.
Richly atmospheric, with an uncanny performance by Cameron Bright as the possible reincarnation of Nicole Kidman's dead husband, it is a chilling examination of loss and grief. Although it operates on one level as a supernatural thriller, there are more subtle currents at work here that less imaginative filmgoers like to dismiss as boring or pretentious. Allow yourself to be pulled into the sombre mood, however, and stop expecting things 'To Happen', and you might be rewarded with something deeper and more nuanced. If you don't have much of an attention span or a capacity to enjoy films which aren't supposed to be treated as literal, then you should avoid this. 'Birth' has its faults, but it doesn't deserve the vitriolic abuse it has received here.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Paul Maccabe
Format:DVD
This film is more about human emotions [externally+internal] than anything else! If you can't appreciate an actors performance without them doing some action scene or over the top emotional wreck scene then you won't understand this film! Nicole Kidman's scene while she sits in the cinema is just - well no words describe - you have to watch for yourself!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
gr8 film!
Saw it long time back and ordered again as my earlier disk was not working. Go in time and wish it on Blu ray! Great movie nonetheless....!
Published 1 month ago by AMBER VERMA
5.0 out of 5 stars
birth
great film if a bit contaversial also a strange concept husband dies 10 years earlier and a child claims to be your dead husband just when you get engaged good film with a twist.
Published 5 months ago by Robert Moore
5.0 out of 5 stars
a brave film to make
This film has such a strong sense of atmosphere, the confusion of its heroine is so palpable, that I found it both hypnotic and moving. Read more
Published 15 months ago by schumann_bg
5.0 out of 5 stars
WHY ALL THE HYSTERICS IN A SUPPOSEDLY MATURE, INTELLIGENT AND OPEN...
I find it amazing how many people are giving this film one star seemingly based solely on "disturbing scenes". Read more
Published 16 months ago by Aaron K. Wilkins
1.0 out of 5 stars
Should've Been Aborted
Nauseatingly pretentious claptrap that was quite rightly greeted with vitriolic hate on it's release. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2011 by BoatDrinks
3.0 out of 5 stars
A strange film
I had read the terrible reviews of "Birth" but I think Nicole Kidman is a great actress so I thought I'd give it a go. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2010 by Camilla Macaulay
4.0 out of 5 stars
bleakly beautiful
Seeing this film for the second time recently allowed me to take my focus off the plot development and simply soak up the ambience. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2009 by G. Stevens
1.0 out of 5 stars
Useless movie
Unnecessarily long, this movies attempts to built a mystery plot based on supra natural phenomena where Nicole Kidman's late husband comes back to life embodied in a 10 year old... Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2008 by F. Panin
1.0 out of 5 stars
slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
The person who gave it 5 stars must have watched a different film with the same title, as i agree with the person who gave it a 1 star, it was soooo slowwwwwwww. Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2008 by Mrs. M. J. Warr
3.0 out of 5 stars
hm...
this was a clever film and i know i should have been captured by some kind of beauty that it was meant to represent for past emotions of people who are no longer alive but i just... Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2007 by Ms. F. I. Macdonald
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