Times' review of "Birth Story"

Re: Times' review of "Birth Story"

• irishsweetheart83

  January 2013

  it did seem kind of anti-natural birth, the author seemed to want to portray Ina May in an unfavorable light. im not shocked that a writer for the ny times would write that way though, 

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• iris427 member

  January 2013

  I didn't think the review was negative. I haven't seen the movie but it sounded like fair criticism. And the reviewer even ended it by saying it was hard to resist Ina May's message.

  
  

  
  

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• Annaeliz84 member

  January 2013

  Let me preface this with saying I haven't seen the movie.  I have, however, seen other similar movies such as the ever-popular Business of Being Born.  I found it very one-sided and biased.  It sounded like it could be a potentially fair criticism.  Unfortunately it's not a black and white issue.  Both sides - the doctor who says you need a bunch of interventions "for the good of your baby", and the makers of these documentaries rely too much on scare tactics in my opinion.  I'm not saying The Business of Being Born doesn't have a valid point, I was just annoyed to see how one-sided their message was.  The review you linked sounds very similar to a review I would have written about the TBOBB - which is that the movie-makers have valid and worthwhile things to say, but unfortunately resort to presenting a very biased argument to win people over to their point of view.
  

  

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