an intriguing but problematic plot twist sends family members, disgraced, in separate directions, and with scientific glory a moot point, it only remains for love to win the day
"Birthmarked," a satire that's unable to deliver on a promising hypothesis; Although there's some amusing stuff at the core of Marc Tulin's screenplay, which has comedic traces of Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach in its DNA, this film loses its way