Twice Born

Name: Twice Born
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Released: December 6, 2013
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 34

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Entertainment One | Release Date: December 6, 2013 | R

Summary: A single mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father, an American photographer, died during the Bosnian War.

Director: Sergio Castellitto

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 127 min

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Richard Roeper

Dec 5, 2013

Teeming with familiar war-film clichés and at times almost unbearably melodramatic, Twice Born is nevertheless worth the effort, thanks in large part to a magnificent performance from Penelope Cruz and some fine work from the international supporting cast. Read full review

McClatchy-Tribune News Service Roger Moore

Dec 9, 2013

Twice Born fails to tug at the heartstrings or wring tears from us. Hirsch plays exuberant and callow well, Cruz is tragic and earthy as ever. But the two of them never really click — sex scenes included. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Dec 4, 2013

One hundred minutes of snooze-inducing troubled romance eventually gives way to a strange, interesting backstory. It doesn’t manage to recast the preceding feature’s worth of movie in a different light, but instead makes the viewer wish the film had gotten to the end sooner. Read full review

Zachary Wigon

Dec 3, 2013

Sergio Castellitto's Twice Born irresponsibly appropriates the horrific siege of Sarajevo to serve as aesthetic backdrop for a story that exhibits no real interest in the conflict. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Dec 6, 2013

Yes, it's all as clunky and tasteless as the description suggests, and the awkward casting doesn't improve this overlong drama. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Dec 6, 2013

About the only reason to stay with this increasingly histrionic film is to satisfy curiosity about exactly how Diego will (as we learn at the outset) die, but long before we learn that Twice Born chokes to death on its own melodrama. Read full review

Jordan Hoffman

Dec 5, 2013

The tragic Balkan conflict of the 1990s is due for a sweeping, important and engaging cinematic remembrance. Twice Born wants to be that movie — a Bosnian “Doctor Zhivago” — but falls short. Read full review

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FrancisDG

Jul 24, 2019

Good movie, well directed by Castellitto, and a terrific performance by Penelope Cruz.

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