2023
R
IFC Films
1 h 41 m

2023
R
IFC Films
1 h 41 m

Summary Rose (Marin Ireland) is a pathologist who prefers working with corpses over social interaction. She also has an obsession — the reanimation of the dead. Celie (Judy Reyes) is a maternity nurse who has built her life around her bouncy, chatterbox six-year-old daughter, Lila (A.J. Lister). When one tragic night, Lila suddenly falls ill and...

Directed By: Laura Moss

Written By: Brendan J. O'Brien, Laura Moss

2023
R
IFC Films
1 h 41 m

2023
R
IFC Films
1 h 41 m

birth/rebirth

Name: birth/rebirth
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Released: 2023-08-18
Duration: 1 min 41 s
Rating: 78
Cast: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, A.J. Lister, Breeda Wool, Monique Gabriela Curnen

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings

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Directed By: Laura Moss

Written By: Brendan J. O'Brien, Laura Moss

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Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
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12% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
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Aug 17, 2023

Even as the film pulls out all the stops, the character work remains subtle in a way that gets under your skin. The magnificent performances of Reyes and Ireland align perfectly, peeling back the humanity their two characters had only tenuously been clinging to.

By Chase Hutchinson FULL REVIEW

Variety

Aug 18, 2023

Laura Moss’ superbly performed, enjoyably queasy Birth/Rebirth proves just how well the classic tale of scientific hubris and the desire to conquer death maps onto a gory maternity morality play, reanimating the truism that there’s little more (un)deadly than a mother’s love.

By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Aug 17, 2023

Wrapped in drab locations and jaundiced lighting (Chananun Chotrungroj’s photography is brilliantly bleak), this grisly gynecological horror movie is not for the squeamish.

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

Paste Magazine

Aug 18, 2023

Moss’ creation is more than a sentient pile of parts with a fresh coat of mortuary makeup: It’s a savvy, gross, black-hearted gem with a humanity all its own.

By Jacob Oller FULL REVIEW

RogerEbert.com

Aug 18, 2023

Birth/rebirth has some "body horror" tropes and some straight horror tropes, but it's not really a monster story. It's more of a medical thriller, helmed by two twisted conspirators, both operating from a place of desperation and trauma.

By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW

Slashfilm

Aug 18, 2023

There's plenty of slow creeping dread on display here, matched with that dark humor and two fantastic leads. It all comes together to make "Birth/Rebirth" one of 2023's more interesting horror entries.

By Chris Evangelista FULL REVIEW

IndieWire

Aug 18, 2023

A horror movie — even one as grounded and genre-adjacent as this — can’t hope to survive if it doesn’t even feel believable on its own fantastical terms.

By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings

7.3

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Production Company Retrospecter Films, Shudder

Release Date Aug 18, 2023

Duration 1 h 41 m

Rating R

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Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards

• 3 Nominations

Independent Film Festival of Boston

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Sidewalk Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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Marin Ireland

Rose

Judy Reyes

Celie

A.J. Lister

Lila

Breeda Wool

Emily

Monique Gabriela Curnen

Rita

Grant Harrison

Scott

LaChanze

Colleen

Rina Mejia

Pauline

Richard Gallagher

Kevin

Sarah Dacey-Charles

Muriel Caspar

Bryant Carroll

Bar Patron

Erica Sweany

Ultrasound Tech

Asha Etchison

Woman In Labor

Lynden Miles Ley

Bradley

Eric Yang

Dr. Chan

Mary Ann Hay

Clerk

Rachel Zeiger-Haag

ER Doctor

Ezra Barnes

OB, GYN

David Lavine

Obstetrician

Sean Michael Harrison

Orderly

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