birth/rebirth

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Released Aug 18, 2023

1h 38m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

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Rose (Marin Ireland) is a pathologist who prefers working with corpses over social interaction. She also has an obsession -- the reanimation of the dead. Celie (Judy Reyes) is a maternity nurse who has built her life around her bouncy, chatterbox six-year-old daughter, Lila (A.J. Lister). When one tragic night, Lila suddenly falls ill and dies, the two women's worlds crash into each other. They embark on a dark path of no return where they will be forced to confront how far they are willing to go to protect what they hold most dear.

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Critics Consensus

Firmly rooted in classic horror, Birth/Rebirth uses a familiar framework to tease at fundamental fears from a chillingly relatable angle.

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John Anderson

Wall Street Journal

It is the understated, matter-of-fact tone of the story that sucks us in, and the two central performances that help make this effort by Ms. Moss such a singular addition to the monster catalog.

Nov 10, 2023

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

One of the most impactful genre films in recent times, and it's accompanied by a feminist imprint that is never demonstrated to be concessive. [Full review in Spanish]

Oct 5, 2023

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

In teasing out the complex relationship between life and death in relationship to birth and “Frankenstein,” Moss presents a provocative existential quandary, and reminds us that horror stories have been women’s stories all along.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 18, 2023

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Maria Lattila

Film Stories

There’s a lot to love about Birth/Rebirth, but the film can’t quite overcome a slightly undercooked story.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 29, 2024

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Pete Vonder Haar

Houston Press

Even though the pair come to what we'll call their "arrangement" for different reasons, their contradictory personalities end up meshing in a kind of perverse symbiosis.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 25, 2024

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…Laura Moss’s debut feature is a sombre, grim but very effective riff on the story that Mary Shelley came up with. It’s a little Stephen King’s Pet Semetary, a little David Cronenberg, but it’s also a fierce feminist take…

Rated: 4/5

Jan 22, 2024

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Joel

Didn’t like the ending but it had me entertained throughout ! Solid!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/22/23

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Ravikumar

Best movie to watch which makes you think about life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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Shane

Fascinating and engrossing film. Kept me wanting to see how far the envelope was pushed. Just made a morality and science take back seat discussion.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/18/23

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Audience Member

There is something very special about this movie; the cast, writing and production. Don’t get me wrong, it’s dark AF and may be a bit of a “slow burn” for many people, but it was done really well. You can’t go wrong with Judy Reyes.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/18/24

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Audience Member

Boring , monotonous without a serious climax.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/12/24

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Stuart B

Venture into Birth/Rebirth knowing as little as possible about it if you can and you'll get the full ‘what am I watching?' effect that is missing in a lot of films nowadays. The film is so wonderfully creepy in a David Cronenberg sort of way and whilst the plots are not the same at all, I also got the same vibe that I did when I watched Jen & Sylvia Soska's American Mary a few years ago for the first time. Birth/Rebirth is fantastic, its unsettling, its bizarre, its very unique yet grounded in a reality we believe and is definitely a film that thriller/horror fans should check out. It has a very classic horror feel to it which I also love, the atmosphere that the film surrounds us with works to perfection and that is most definitely enhanced by Composer Ariel Marx who delivers one of the creepiest and unnerving horror film scores that I have heard since Christopher Young's score for 2012's Sinister. Its no secret or revelation that a good music score can enhance or elevate a film up a notch or two, but Ariel's score here is a huge win for Birth/Rebirth. Overall Birth/Rebirth is a great film which fires on all cylinders and there is a lot of great things to say about it, however for me the onscreen standout is Marin Ireland as Rose, who is so damn creepy and unsettling and yet isn't out of place in the world we live in at the moment. Shes certainly not someone Id like as a work colleague that's for sure.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/24

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Laura Moss

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Judy Reyes

Celie

Marin Ireland

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Lila

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Synopsis

Rose (Marin Ireland) is a pathologist who prefers working with corpses over social interaction. She also has an obsession -- the reanimation of the dead. Celie (Judy Reyes) is a maternity nurse who has built her life around her bouncy, chatterbox six-year-old daughter, Lila (A.J. Lister). When one tragic night, Lila suddenly falls ill and dies, the two women's worlds crash into each other. They embark on a dark path of no return where they will be forced to confront how far they are willing to go to protect what they hold most dear.

Director: Laura Moss
Producer: David Newhouse, Brendan J. O'Brien
Screenwriter: Laura Moss, Brendan J. O'Brien
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Shudder Films
Rating: R (Language|Gore|Disturbing Material|Nudity|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 18, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 10, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $138.6K
Runtime: 1h 38m

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