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DVD : BirthIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Lauren Bacall, Danny Huston, Alison Elliott directed by: Jonathan Glazer  List Price: $14.98 Amazon.com's Price: $8.99 You Save: $5.99 (40%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 9780780650428 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0780650425 Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 19, 2005 Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2004 Sales Rank: 22313 MPN: TRNDN7838D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: In this mesmerizing and suspenseful film, a woman (Kidman) becomes convinced that a ten-year-old boy is the reincarnation of her dead husband. DVD Features: DVD ROM Features Theatrical Trailer Amazon.com: As directed by Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast) and dimly lit by cinematographer Harris Savides, Birth is a melancholy chamber piece, its pensive mood sustained by nearly sub-sonic nuances in a fine, thematically developed score by Alexandre Desplat. All of these fine qualities are well-matched by the somber performance of Nicole Kidman, playing a still-grieving widow of 10 years, about to remarry when a 10-year-old boy (Cameron Bright) arrives to announce that he is her dead husband, reincarnated and full of convincing answers to personal marital questions. Rather than go for Sixth Sense-like chills and thrills, Glazer approaches Birth as a conundrum with no clear-cut solution, and his directorial style is so subdued, so deliberately understated, that most of the story's dramatic impact is sacrificed to oppressively dour atmosphere. If it doesn't lull you to sleep, Birth might hold your attention as a strange, subtle thriller in miniature scale. With its delicate, mature approach to the processes of grieving and recovery, however, Birth rewards attentive viewers attuned to the film's ultra-low-key wavelength, and it's guaranteed to provoke interesting post-movie discussions. Lauren Bacall, Danny Huston, Anne Heche, and Arliss Howard lead an esteemed supporting cast. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - One of 2004's most misunderstood films.This film is a psychological mystery that calls to mind the works of Stanley Kubrick and Steven Speilberg. Much controversy was made over this film when it was released - and understandably so - but it is so well acted, and handled with such subtlety that you become completely engrossed with the story. Nicole Kidman was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance, and I believe that she should have been nominated for an Oscar. The story is about a woman named Anna, who is preparing ... Read More Rating: - Soft, delicate and dark; a film that gets inside you and breeds emotion...`Birth' is one of those eerily commanding films that washes the viewer in this pathos of human anxiety and creates a mood that is so morose you can't help but fall into its trance. That may sound like a bad thing but it is not; in fact it is far from a `bad thing'. When I first saw `Birth' I was put off by the fact that I didn't understand it, but then I saw it again and realized that you are not supposed to fully understand it. The final frames say so much for the realities of grief and longing that ... Read More Rating:  - A Pretentious Clunker Which Sometimes Borders On Child PornographyThe premise of"Birth"as has been detailed in over 100 previous reviews is that a young woman,played by Nicole Kidmann,a widow for a decade,is about to re-marry..Suddenly a ten year old boy appears,sneaking into her apartment during a birthday celebration for her mother,and announces that he is her long dead husband..From this point onward the film,which is has a rather ridiculous plot to begin with,becomes even more ridiculous..The reactions to this rather obsessive behaviour on the part of the boy by all ... Read More Rating: - Pulls you in.I couldn't decide if the film pulled me in because I found the emotional turmoil and Kidmans character's obsession with a child disturbing, or if the very nature of the deep grief kept me watching, waiting to see how it would be resolved. I do wish the ending would have been more clear. I never was convinced that the child was lying, or if he had been fooled by an adult with a secret and slight yearning to hurt the wife of her lover. There's a slight 'porno' scene with Danny Huston for those turned off by naked ... Read More Rating: - Very strangeThis movie just felt wrong from the beginning. The subject matter is disturbing, but that isn't even why I disliked it. It was just all very odd. The plot, the character portrayals. Its a very pointless film and really not what it seems or what it pretends to be. It wasn't a confusing film, but at the end, I was left scratching my head. It was a waste of time and a waste of talent. Browse for similar items by category:
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