Review: Birth/Rebirth


Official Synopsis:
  A pathologist (Marin Ireland) successfully reanimates the body of a little girl, but to keep her breathing, she will need to harvest biological materials from pregnant women. When the girl's mother (Judy Reyes), a nurse, discovers her baby alive, they enter into a deal that forces them both down a dark path of no return.

Yes, this movie is exactly as messed up as the synopsis suggests, and I had been wanting to see it ever since lucky festival goers reviews came across my letterboxd feed.

Pathology itself is an interesting field and and having one as a co-lead just made this all the most interesting. It raises a lot of questions about mortality and whether or not you would do something like this if you could. Like, as a parent, can you blame Celie for wanting to do all she can to have her 6 year old daughter alive again? Can you blame Rose for her discovery, even if the means are questionable? 

I was very into this, but I don't think this film is a horror movie. You can tell it kind of wanted to be, but it didn't really commit to it. It works more as a dark drama, but I was still with it from start to finish, so that is a mild complaint.

This is writer/director Laura Moss' first full length feature, and I can't wait to see what she does next. Birth/Rebirth is now available to stream on Hulu.

Grade: B+

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