i watch birth for the second time the other night . there be movie i have love the first time and then think on the second time around and hmmm and maybe not as good a i first think state of grace and fight club and for instance . there be movie i hat the first time and and hat just as much the second lose in translation and in the cut come to mind . there be movie that i hat at first and but later come to think be quite good and e. g. sin city . and there be movie that be magnificent the first time and and even more magnificent the second . birth be one of these . this movie and more than any other and reveal the lack of credibility attach to the academy award . there be always injustice and whereby the most deserving walk away without the prize . in the acting category alone and i can think of gary oldman in state of grace and cate blanchett for elizabeth and russell crowe for a beautiful mind and naomi watt for 21 gram ( hmmm and a lot of aussie and kiwi in there i wonder if there a message in this ) . but the great travesty of all be not just that nicole kidman do not waltz away with the award by a mile or two for this movie and but wasn not even nominate . one of the great pleasure of this film be watch her sublime performance a she move gently from suppress grief to insane grief . she the one carry the movie and and take part in so many outstanding scene the lingering shot at the concert hall and try to explain the situation to clifford ( the best man at her marriage to sean ) during which her decline mental state start to reveal itself and the scene in the bathroom when she reveal her insane plan to run away with the boy only to find that he a liar and the boardroom scene in which she try to tell joseph that none of it be her fault ( probably my favourite scene ) and the heartrending scene at the beach . the movie also reveal the hypocrisy and cowardice and basic stupidity of the film establishment . it possible i have miss it and but no critic savaging this movie and it premise seem to have cotton on to the fact that anna be go mad and although the movie make it blatantly obvious . rather they like to concentrate on the couple of brief scene in which the boy climb into the bath with anna and and later kiss her on the lip and both handle with taste and discretion and and restraint . aaaah and shock and horror . the scene be describe a be disturb and unsavory and of questionable taste . and yet for a film like this be england and in which a much crude relationship between a young boy and an old girl be explore ( you look like a four old and but kiss like a 40 year old . ) the relationship be describe a cute . this and without a doubt and be one of the fine film i have see and contain possibly the great performance of all . a positive .