Birth

Birth

Careful what you wish for.

Directed by Jonathan Glazer

Produced by Academy Films, New Line Cinema

2004100 min6.1 / 10

A haunting, ambiguous meditation on grief and obsessive love that uses the uncanny premise of reincarnation to explore whether we can ever truly move past loss.

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.

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  • Is Birth sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Does Birth end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Birth violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Birth scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Is Birth easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

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