63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Brad Wheeler
The whole cast is capable. The comedy doesn’t pop, though, and even a nifty late-film reveal can’t save this film from failing to live up to its potential.
Birthmarked
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- Canada (Quebec)
- 2018
- · 90m
Director
Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
Cast
Matthew Goode,
Toni Collette,
Fionnula Flanagan,
Michael Smiley,
Suzanne Clément
Genre
Comedy
In 1977, married scientists Ben and Catherine abandon their jobs to conduct an experiment on nurture-vs-nature. They attempt to raise three children contrarily to their genetic make-up. However, their misguided approach to parenting may be having adverse effects on the wellbeing of the children.
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63
RogerEbert.com
Birthmarked ultimately falls short of bringing the emotion home.
63
RogerEbert.com by Tomris Laffly
Birthmarked ultimately falls short of bringing the emotion home.
50
Movie Nation by Roger Moore
Frustrating as it is, this scruffy, misshapen farce still has laugh-out-loud lines, and lightly-amusing send-ups of an idea that has intuition going for it, and little else.
40
The Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen
The old debate over nature versus nurture is played for (sporadic) laughs in Birthmarked, a satire that's unable to deliver on a promising hypothesis.
40
Variety by Nick Schager
The material comes across as too far-fetched to be taken seriously, and too bland to elicit laughs.
40
Los Angeles Times by Michael Rechtshaffen
The old debate over nature versus nurture is played for (sporadic) laughs in Birthmarked, a satire that's unable to deliver on a promising hypothesis.
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