Birth
2004
**½
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Danny Huston, Lauren Bacall, Anne Heche
Nicole Kidman in her Rosemary's Baby hairdo is in fine form as a widow who has just got over her loss when a 10-year-old boy claims that he's her dead husband reincarnate. This chilly drama attempts to be a clever meditation on grief as the protagonist clings to any glimmer of hope in order to avoid facing reality. However, the truth is that despite the consistently eerie mood, the story and its characters exist in an alternate reality where they follow their dream logic all the way to the vapid conclusion.
