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Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful what you wish for.
Drama, Mystery, Romance - 2004
6.2
38%
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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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Rated:
R
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
29 Oct 2004
Country:
FR, DE, US, GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$20,000,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 18 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The picture, as a whole, never gets beyond its surface.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
30 Oct 2004
rotten:
I didn't find it spellbinding at all.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
1 Nov 2004
rotten:
A dismayingly skillful exercise in high-style creepiness.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
2 Nov 2004
rotten:
By trying to turn Birth into a thriller, the filmmakers undermine its intriguing issues.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
2 Nov 2004
rotten:
Unusually austere and ambiguous.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
11 Nov 2004
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