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Birth
2004
· Movie
· 100 min
D
MEANRANK
56/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4522
- IMDb #4003
- Google retired #3585
- Rotten Tomatoes #4117
- Metacritic #3283
- Letterboxd #1458
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4139
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4411
- Metacritic Critics #3299
- Metacritic Audience #3084
- Criticker #1943
- Kinopoisk #4093
- AlloCiné #5031
- Trakt #4613
Every rating
43–74
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 43, highest is Letterboxd on 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young woman is finally beginning to move on from the tragic death of her husband a decade earlier. On the verge of remarrying, her life is disrupted by the appearance of a ten-year-old boy who claims to be the reincarnation of her deceased husband. His intimate knowledge of her past life causes her to question her sanity and her future.
Details
- Director
- Jonathan Glazer
- Writers
- Jean-Claude Carrière, Jonathan Glazer, Milo Addica
- Released
- 29 October 2004
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $23.9M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 12 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (46) →
Awards & nominations
See all 14 →2 wins from 14 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Awards 2005 | Best Young Performer | Cameron Bright | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2005 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Gold Derby Awards 2005 | Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| International Cinephile Society 2005 | Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Winner |
| London Film Critics' Circle 2005 | Actress of the Year | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2005 | Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Online Film Critics Society 2005 | Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2005 | Best Fantasy Film | Birth | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Young Performer | Cameron Bright | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
Sitges Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Citizen Kane Award for Best Directorial Revelation – Special Mention | Jonathan Glazer | Winner |
| Best Film | Birth | Nominee |
International Cinephile Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Winner |
Saturn Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Best Fantasy Film | Birth | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Cameron Bright | Nominee |
Gold Derby Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination
| Actress of the Year | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Venice International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Lion | Birth | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
1 nomination
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor | Cameron Bright | Nominee |