Former talk show host Ricki Lake had her first baby in a hospital and came away with the need for a birth experience that was more empowering, with less medical intervention.
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The Business Of Being Born (2008)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:8
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Epstein's argument in favor of home birthing is certainly biased -- but its biases are so transparent, and so impassioned, that they work in the film's favor.
Theatrical Release:Jan 9, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Natural childbirth is the focus of this documentary by filmmaker Abby Epstein and executive producer Ricki Lake. Much debated issues concerning at-home verses hospital births and controversies of... [More]
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Top Critic"The Business of Being Born" is messy and amateurish but heartfelt and compelling.
02/15/08
Top CriticA powerful, frightening look at America's delivery room that makes a strong case for natural childbirth overseen by experienced midwives rather than by surgery-prone doctors.
01/18/08
Top CriticPregnant women -- and involved dads -- would be well advised to check out this provocative portrait.
01/17/08
Top CriticPassionate, enlightening and unabashedly one-sided, Abby Epstein's documentary is not for everyone. But at the very least, it should be seen by every pregnant woman in America.
01/11/08
Top CriticThe Business of Being Born is not overtly political. Its feminism is palpable but unspoken.
01/11/08
Top Critic[Director] Epstein's opinion on the issue is never in doubt and once the attitude of the film is established, it seems to make the same points repeatedly. Fortunately, Epstein herself gets pregnant, and she gets to test her own theories.
01/10/08
Top CriticNo one, male or female, pregnant or childless, who sees The Business of Being Born will ever see the hospital maternity ward as a normal environment again.
01/10/08
Top CriticEpstein and Lake have crafted an absorbing, thought-provoking inquiry into what modern birth has become and how to make it better.
01/08/08
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