Alison Elliott, Anne Heche, Arliss Howard
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Thou...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 19, 2005
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October 1, 2009Creepy and disturbing and without any real conclusion. A disappointing film to be honest as I?ve been looking forward to watching this for a while. Still, Glazer's direction is faultless and every shot looks like a painting, it?s a shame then that the rest of the film spends less...( read more)
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July 3, 2009/this movie sounded promising but it was long slow crap. wudda been better as a black comedy
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December 20, 2008Anna is a widow who is about to re-marry when a young boy claims to be her husband reincarnated. Some inappropriate scenes.
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October 21, 2008The premise of this mystery drama is actually rather interesting: a jogger dies, a baby is born. Ten years later that baby is confronting the jogger's widow who is about to get married again, claiming to be her dead husband. Kidman, proofing once again that she is looking good in...( read more)
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November 11, 2009A little disturbing, but I didn't mind it. Interesting story and it was cool to see Kidman in this role.
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October 18, 2009I must say thumbs up for Cameron Bright and Danny Huston performances and yet they are low-key actors. Cheers!
You will be thrilled by the screenplay but the ending is a little unacceptable even though it's logic actually.
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September 16, 2009A dramatic concept told in a highly mediocre way. It mustn't be seen necessarily.
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September 2, 2009LOVED IT. Flawless acting, masterful cinematography, lovely score. My only complaint is not knowing whether or not the husband was reincarnated. I hate having to decide such things for myself! Grr. -_-
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Critic Reviews
May 3, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
October 30, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
The picture, as a whole, never gets beyond its surface. full review
October 29, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Presents an intriguing premise about death and the possibility of rebirth in an elegant, melancholy and deliberate fashion. full review
October 29, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Strangely inert, a beautifully filmed bad idea. full review
October 29, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
An effective thriller precisely because it is true to the way sophisticated people might behave in this situation. full review
October 29, 2004
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
The only shocking thing is how a talented filmmaker, working with one incredible cast could end up with a film that equals far less than the sum of its remarkable parts. full review
October 28, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Without Ms. Kidman's brilliantly nuanced performance, Birth might feel arch, chilly and a little sadistic, but she gives herself so completely to the role that the film becomes both spellbinding and h... full review
October 28, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
A stylistically bold movie that -- flaws and all -- has the power to haunt your dreams. full review
October 28, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Combining the surrealist daring of Luis Buñuel with the austere technical mastery of Stanley Kubrick, it poses tantalizing questions about grief, longing and imagination as it traces chilling fingers ... full review
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November 3, 2007(2004 Co-Directors: Glazer, Sadamitzu) This left quite an impression on me. Just stumbled into my local Blockbuster & decided to see Nicole Kidman's latest (about 1 year ago)! WOW!! It was not just Nicole's very very short locks but this amazing child star (that somehow was possessed by the memory of her lost first husband?) Chilling in parts...Lauren Bacall plays an elegant older family member....Nicole's character is engaged
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