Nicole Kidmans Birth, very disturbing Movie

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The Movie Birth has always caught me as a very disturbing movie, and Mary S. has written a review and sent it in to us to confirm my fears that this is not so much an art film as much as a disturbing film. The Movie Birth is directed by Jonathan Glazer, Birth takes place in New York's Upper East Side, where Anna (Nicole Kidman), a 35-year-old widow, resides. Just as Anna has shaken off what she thought were the final remnants of her old life -- she has even found love with a new man, Joseph (Danny Huston), whom she plans on marrying -- David (Cameron Bright), a ten-year-old boy, comes into her life insisting that he is the reincarnation of her late husband.

Though she initially brushes off the boy's claims as the result of a crush on her, his grave demeanor and uncanny knowledge of her life leads Anna through a self-reevaluation that not only threatens her marital plans with Joseph (Huston), but also strains her relationship with her mother, Eleanor (Lauren Bacall).

So with the story firmly laid out, here is what Mary has to say.

A friend and I saw "Birth" tonight. We wished we had known more about it before we saw it. The story line was not clear. I would not recommend to anyone. It was very dark with little dialogue. I know it was meant to be that way. But that coupled with Anna, an adult woman, and the 10 year old boy in the bathtub...naked....leading one to assume they had sex.....was not the kind of movie that I want to see.

The thought of the consequences of a sexually disturbed adult seeing this movie ...disgusts me. I don't care that 'Anna' was so caught up in thinking that the boy was her reincarnated husband that she would do the things she did. It is very disturbing!

Now the first thing that comes into my mind is WTF was Nicole and the studios thinking? I will probably see thsi movie just to see how bad and off kilter it really is. Be sure to share your thoughts on the site boards, and of course to share your own review go to the movie section link below. Thanks to Mary for the review.

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