jhausler3

This flick was an absolute chore to watch -- every single miserable minute of it. At its core, "Antibirth" is almost sort of an allegory about addiction and how putting unknown bad things in your body has bad results. However, calling it an "allegory" gives it way too much credit, because that would imply that there was a lesson to be learned or a point to be made. There is no higher message here about either being sympathetic with addicts or condemning addiction, nor is there anything worthwhile related to aliens and the paranormal -- despite both of those themes being the topic of the film.

Instead, we get about 20 minutes of plot stretched into 94 minutes of movie, fluffed out by endless scenes of people getting high in disgusting environments that look like they'd give you cholera if you ate an M&M off the floor. The movie doesn't have a large cast, but the plot still somehow doesn't really require even half of them, and the rest are there to pad out the movie's runtime. None of them are particularly likeable or sympathetic. Pretty much the only things I can say positive about this movie is that the first (and probably only) time you watch it, it is somewhat good about making you a little curious about what's really going on. As I said in my review title, though, there is no payoff in the end. The end is gross and probably took up most of the film's special effects budget, but it's nonsensical and absolutely not worth the hour and a half of your life you spent on it and will never get back.

Last thing -- in point of objective fairness, I can see how there MIGHT be an audience for this film. If you were or are eyeball-deep in drug and party culture and like to see it shown onscreen to trippy visuals, perhaps you might find a little to like here. But for me personally, this was a one-star experience for sure. I regret watching it.