Birth is a dramatic mystery set in New York’s Upper East Side in which a 35-year-old woman encounters a 10-year-old boy who is in love with her and is convinced he is the reincarnation of her dead husband. Reviewing her past, the woman begins to question the choices she’s made, much to the consternation of her fiance and family. —ioncinema.com
That face during the symphony, her mix of anguish and elation as the film progresses....man, when Kidman finds the right film, she's the best there is.
Liked the concept but kept thinking that something was missing in the end. Still, I found it very interesting. There's all a cold grey environment going on very apropriate for the theme. The opera scene is amazing.
Birth, in art and literature, is a symbol for fertility, hope, and newness, the process of first life. In Jonathan Glazer’s chilly, chilling, sometimes portentous film, however, the act brings about… read review
Reviews for BIRTH and CODE 46:
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