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