Womb
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48 out of 100

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6.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: Rebecca returns to settle in her late grandfather's house. She seeks out childhood friend Tommy, now a university student living on his
    own. Their reunion is marked by a strong mutual attraction. As they get to know one another better, Rebecca discovers that Tommy has harbored deep feelings     for her too since their time together as children. But their passionate relationship is short-lived when Tommy is killed in a freak car accident. Devastated, Rebecca feels that life cannot go on without Tommy. She turns to the controversial "Department of Genetic Replication" for an option. Although wary of the potential repercussions, Tommy's parents reluctantly agree to supply Rebecca with the necessary DNA sample for her to bear a new Tommy in her womb. (Olive Films)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    Mar 30, 2012
    75
    You are unlikely to see a movie about incest made as sensitively and tastefully as Womb. And although the characters speak English, the film is firmly anchored in European sensibilities, thanks to its Hungarian director, Benedek Fliegauf.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Boyd van Hoeij
    Mar 27, 2012
    60
    Its quietly unsettling storytelling, precision visuals and almost mythical isolated setting all feel Hungarian to the core.
  3. NPR
    Reviewed by: Mark Jenkins
    Mar 30, 2012
    60
    An incestuous payoff might be expected, given the casting of Green; she first attracted widespread attention in Bertolucci's "The Dreamers," as a young woman who is unusually close to her brother. But whatever happens, Womb is more melancholy than erotic.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Calum Marsh
    Mar 28, 2012
    25
    Too abstract to suggest a coherent moral lesson, but too remote to foster a satisfying emotional connection, Womb feels barren, an attempt to do too much that ultimately does very little.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
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  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. Andys_Reviews
    7
    I know this is not a film that everyone will like; the slow pacing and the fact it
  2. Seriosity
    7
    My biggest complaint is that It is at times painfully slow. Still, it's a deftly-shot film with an intriguing premise and a great, subtle performance from Eva Green.… Expand
  3. BudapestArtShot
    6
    http://www.budapestartshot.com/2012/01/rebecca-is-in-complicated-relationship.html

    "Womb written and directed by Fliegauf Benedek is an art    istic sci-fi about a woman who gives birth to her dead love, it… Expand
  4. Denise
    0
    Spare yourself this awful crap. There are millions of ways to spend 111 minutes that would be far more enjoyable. Like colonoscopy, or root canal. If you insist on watching anyway, be sure there are fresh batteries in the remote. Fast forward will be your only savior.… Collapse

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