The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Birth/Rebirth
Drama · Horror · Mystery · 2023
A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
Movie details
Birth/Rebirth
“Every body has potential.”
2023 Drama · Horror · Mystery 1h 39m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Birth/Rebirth?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Lee Moss
Written by
Lee Moss · Brendan Jamieson O'Brien
Marin Ireland
Dr. Rose Casper
Judy Reyes
Celie Morales
A.J. Lister
Lila Morales
Breeda Wool
Emily Parker
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Rita
LaChanze
Colleen
Bryant Carroll
Patron
Court is in session
Put Birth/Rebirth on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.