Twice Born

COMING SOON: Sergio Castellitto's Twice Born (Italy, 2012) - The overwrought romance Twice Born might appeal to audiences who prefer their love stories soapy, but even they may have to acknowledge that the film’s leads, Penelope Cruz and Emile Hirsch, are oddly lacking the fiery chemistry that’s necessary to sell this unabashedly ludicrous melodrama. Chronicling a couple torn apart by war and betrayal, director Sergio Castellitto’s adaptation of Margaret Mazzantini’s novel leaves no cliché unturned, yearning for big emotions that are consistently flattened by the lumbering storytelling. 2012SANSic, 2012TOR.