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Title: AFTERBIRTH
Review: Soon to be married widow falls for a 10 year old boy who claims to be the reincarnation of her deceased husband. Nicole Kidman, looking and behaving a lot like Ellen Burstyn in "The Exorcist", and the kid, pudgy Cameron Bright, are cinema's newest odd couple and given the strange sexual direction this film begins to take, I'm only thankful the two of them didn't end up in a cheap downtown hotel. Whew, darn close though! Loaded with bold symbolism of the concept of birth, the film fights itself, offering a logical if implausible explanation, but holding tightly to a supernatural element that never materializes. Lauren Bacall, looking as always like she'd kill for a cigarette, plays Kidman's gruff mom, and Danny Huston manages an effective jealous rage towards his ten year old rival. It's said to be the kind of movie that causes after-viewing discussion and we agree, because we're wondering if it's not symbolic of Kidman's marriage to Tom Cruise.
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