Twice Born
Entertainment One | Release Date: December 6, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperDec 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
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreDec 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
42
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyDec 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
40
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenDec 31, 2013
The drama is undone by hyperventilating poetics and a busy time-hopping structure. Read full review
40
The DissolveMike D'AngeloDec 4, 2013
Nearly every superficial element of the movie is badly misconceived; it was doomed before the first scene was shot. Read full review
40
Time OutSam AdamsDec 3, 2013
The movie’s nagging inconsistency goes from merely grating to flat-out jaw-dropping, courtesy of late-game plot twists that squander whatever benefit of the doubt may remain. Read full review
40
Village VoiceZachary WigonDec 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
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireDec 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
38
New York PostKyle SmithDec 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
38
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneDec 6, 2013
Sergio Castellitto's film quickly turns out to be more interested in reveling in the secrets of its storyline than in its sentiments. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyDec 5, 2013
Dripping with floridly phony dialogue that no actor should be forced to speak, this paternity mystery uses the Bosnian conflict as the manipulative backdrop to a preposterously overwrought and overlong melodrama. Read full review
20
The New York TimesA.O. ScottDec 5, 2013
Whatever thoughtful instincts Mr. Castellitto might possess are undermined by his addiction to cinematic prettiness. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanDec 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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