Birth/Rebirth
IFC Films | Release Date: August 18, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
84
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
ColliderChase HutchinsonAug 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. Read full review
90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAug 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. Read full review
87
The Daily BeastNick SchagerAug 16, 2023
Habitually shooting her characters through narrow doorways and windows, the better to convey their isolation as well as their squeezed-by-circumstance states, the director fashions a sinister atmosphere, aided by intermittent pregnancy and corpse imagery. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAug 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. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJan 25, 2023
Birth/Rebirth serves as a perverse correction, recalibrating decades of dilution to reemphasize the moral weight and emotional anguish at the heart of Shelley’s novel. Read full review
More From This Movie

84 Critic Reviews

tbd User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 88 Oppenheimer
2 86 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
3 81 Mission: Impossible – Dead...
4 80 Barbie
5 76 Talk to Me
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL