Birthmarked
Two scientists raise three children contrarily to their genetic tendencies in order to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
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- Cast：
- Matthew Goode , Toni Collette , Fionnula Flanagan , Michael Smiley , Suzanne Clément , Andreas Apergis , Jadyn Malone
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Reviews
Excellent but underrated film
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
The cast, the story...amazing. I think that the director succeed to capture all of the emotions of the characters and I strongly recommend this movie.
If the kids were taken from their parents they wouldn't end up at a fancy boarding school. Institutions like that cost a lot of money. They would end up with much more abusive foster parents and I would have enjoyed this more if that happened.
What a silly waste of 90 minutes. The movie makes no sense. The adults are shown to be supposed scholars, which is far from the case. The only smart characters are the three children. Watching the father encourage his young son to have sexual stimulation by forcing him to watch old vintage photos of naked women was, at the very least, disturbing. And the fact that the boy walks out shows which one is the smart one.Billed as a comedy, I found nothing at all humorous in the story. I am sure there are pseudo-intellectuals who will find hidden meanings and symbolism here, but I found it to be a waste of time.
While the top 2 reviews of this film on IMDB at the time of me writing this (only 200+ ratings) are correct in most ways, and probably written by intelligent people, I feel that if u just watch this movie without even reading anything about it. Ie...I just hit play on NFLX without having any expectations of seeing a quality movie, you're experience of watching a wonderful movie will be fulfilled. Yes one of the reviews is correct in stating that there could've been more science, better experiments etc....one listed the faults of some of the characters, but the characters having faults make this a realistic movie. A movie not about science but a family drama, which I usually can't even sit through. This is not even close to the type of movie that I give 9 stars to. Just check it out with an open mind and maybe you'll like it as much as I did. I felt that every actor or actress in the film did an excellent job.