Twice Born

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Twice Born

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2012

2h 7m

Drama

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A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo to see where his father died in the war.

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Sheri Linden

Los Angeles Times

It's debatable whether the best love stories are also the "weirdest," as Emile Hirsch's character declares in "Twice Born." But they do require chemistry, the missing piece in his pairing with Penlope Cruz.

Jan 2, 2014

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Todd Gilchrist

TheWrap

Sergio Castellitto's film projects a tumultuous love story against the backdrop of the Bosnian War for independence, and then seems unaware that the foreground overshadows it in the worst possible way.

Dec 6, 2013

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

"Twice Born" chokes to death on its own melodrama.

Rated: 1.5/4

Dec 6, 2013

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Bernard Boo

Way Too Indie

The recreation of Sarajevo by art designer Francesco Frigeri is equally staggering and beautiful. It's a shame the rest of the team didn't hold up their end of the bargain.

Rated: 5.8/10

Apr 9, 2019

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Shawn Hazelett

Under the Radar

Twice Born wants so desperately to be taken seriously that it creates an unnecessarily complex narrative, void of any chemistry-building moments for its romantic leads.

Rated: 3.5/10

Aug 20, 2014

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Brent Simon

Paste Magazine

The type of cinematic slog one watches and thinks, 'This would actually be much more interesting as a book.' And that makes sense, really, since that's its original medium.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 8, 2013

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mark g

Rated over 7 on IMDB and is 9% fresh, quite the disparity. My take is Rotten Tomatoes might be harsh, but is more accurate than IMDB. This movie is pretty clumsy one way over done. Many parts are cringe worthy. However, the natural landscapes are beautiful.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/22/25

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Andrea C

Film fatto in famiglia, che però non riesce ad essere apprezzato quanto il libro. Sicuramente impresa ardua condensare così tanti eventi in due ore di scene, ma senza dubbio Castellitto mostra anche alcune lacune che lo costringono lontano dai migliori registi italiani. La storia d'amore non convince, è banale e stucchevole sia nel positivo che nella tristezza, non c'è romanticismo e soprattutto si vede l'assenza di spontaneità. La terribile guerra in Bosnia è solo un contesto di fondo utilizzato poco e solamente per rendere più tragici i contorni seppure è comunque apprezzabile il coraggio di raccontarla. Penelope Cruz è formidabile anche se troppo spesso viene portata a recitare con eccessi evidenti; Hirsch è nettamente meglio nelle sequenze di azione che in quelle romantiche. Almeno mezzo punto in meno, per la scelta ridicola e raccomandata, di utilizzare Pietro Castellitto come figlio di due attori tra cui non figura il vero padre dell'attore; per giunta in un film totalmente concentrato sulla figura dei genitori e dei figli.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/15/23

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Audience Member

Used to rely more on rotten tomatoes until these reviews. This is one of the best, most heart wrenching films of all time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Terrible movie. I don't get the high audience review.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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I have watched this movie several times over the last few years and it can still bring tears to my eyes. Hirsch's best can be seen at his worst in the film... Pe, is brilliant in her anguish. And, those eyes, are hauntingly beautiful yet broken.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Synopsis

A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo to see where his father died in the war.

Director: Sergio Castellitto
Producer: Álvaro Augustin, Ghislain Barrois, Fernando Bovaira, Sergio Castellitto
Screenwriter: Sergio Castellitto, Margaret Mazzantini
Production Co: Telecinco Cinema, Medusa Film
Rating: R (Language|A Rape Scene|Sexuality/Nudity|Some Drug Content|Violence)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 25, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.9K
Runtime: 2h 7m

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