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  • 2018
  • Quiver Distribution
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2018
  • Quiver Distribution
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary When two respected scientists quit their jobs at a prestigious university and tackle their biggest experiment to date – parenthood! Raising three children against their genetic predispositions, they seek to prove that everyone has the same potential to become anything they choose. The big question being, are we ...

Directed By: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais

Written By: Marc Tulin, Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais

  • 2018
  • Quiver Distribution
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2018
  • Quiver Distribution
  • 1 h 30 m

Birthmarked

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
44
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
6.0
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Summary When two respected scientists quit their jobs at a prestigious university and tackle their biggest experiment to date – parenthood! Raising three children against their genetic predispositions, they seek to prove that everyone has the same potential to become anything they choose. The big question being, are we ...

Directed By: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais

Written By: Marc Tulin, Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
44
33% Positive
2 Reviews
67% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
44
33% Positive
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67% Mixed
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0% Negative
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63
May 24, 2018
The whole cast is capable. The comedy doesn’t pop, though, and even a nifty late-film reveal can’t save this film from failing to live up to its potential.
By Brad Wheeler FULL REVIEW
63
Mar 30, 2018
Birthmarked ultimately falls short of bringing the emotion home.
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50
Mar 22, 2018
Frustrating as it is, this scruffy, misshapen farce still has laugh-out-loud lines, and lightly-amusing send-ups of an idea that has intuition going for it, and little else.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 3, 2018
The material comes across as too far-fetched to be taken seriously, and too bland to elicit laughs.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 29, 2018
The old debate over nature versus nurture is played for (sporadic) laughs in Birthmarked, a satire that's unable to deliver on a promising hypothesis.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 29, 2018
The old debate over nature versus nurture is played for (sporadic) laughs in Birthmarked, a satire that's unable to deliver on a promising hypothesis.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW

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6.0
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60% Positive
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20% Negative
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Production Company Item 7, Parallel
Release Date Mar 30, 2018
Duration 1 h 30 m
Genres
Tagline Two scientists raise 3 children contrarily to their genetic
Website https://www.facebook.com/birthmarkedmovie/
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Awards

The Joey Awards, Vancouver
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
ACTRA Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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