44
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comBirthmarked ultimately falls short of bringing the emotion home.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThe whole cast is capable. The comedy doesn’t pop, though, and even a nifty late-film reveal can’t save this film from failing to live up to its potential.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreFrustrating as it is, this scruffy, misshapen farce still has laugh-out-loud lines, and lightly-amusing send-ups of an idea that has intuition going for it, and little else.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe old debate over nature versus nurture is played for (sporadic) laughs in Birthmarked, a satire that's unable to deliver on a promising hypothesis.
- 40Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenThe old debate over nature versus nurture is played for (sporadic) laughs in Birthmarked, a satire that's unable to deliver on a promising hypothesis.
- 40VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick SchagerThe material comes across as too far-fetched to be taken seriously, and too bland to elicit laughs.