Born again — and again
Muriel the pig (Photo courtesy of Shudder) This woman-centric spin on the reanimator theme handles the ‘ick’ factor well GREGG SHAPIRO | Scream Queen GreggShapiro@aol.com Birth/Rebirth (IFC/Shudder), the feature-length debut from Laura Moss (who also co-wrote the screenplay), puts a distinctively female spin on the reanimator concept.
We watch as an unlikely bond develops between a socially awkward pathologist name Rose (Marin Ireland) and OB nurse Celie (Judy Reyes), all in the name of love and science.
In the first few minutes of the movie, we witness how different Rose and Celie are: Celie is a devoted single mom who rides the bus home with her young daughter Lila (A.J.
Lister) after retrieving her from the daycare center at the Bronx hospital where she works. Rose, on the other hand, collects sperm from a perfect stranger in a bar bathroom and inseminates herself at home where she lives with a pig named Muriel.
