Storyline
Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.
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Writers
Cast
Emile Hirsch, Penélope Cruz, Saadet Isil Aksoy, Sergio Castellitto, Isabelle Adriani, Vinicio Marchioni, Adnan Haskovic, Branko Đurić, Luna Mijović, Pietro Castellitto, Luca De Filippo, Jane Birkin, Mira Furlan, Jovan Divjak, Emina Muftić, Sanja Vejnović, Igor Zoric, Moamer Kasumović, Sven Medvešek, Bruno Armando, Mugdim Avdagić, Milan Pavlović
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Reviews
75
Chicago Sun-Times
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.
42
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.
40
Village Voice
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.
40
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.
40
The Dissolve
Nearly every superficial element of the movie is badly misconceived; it was doomed before the first scene was shot.
