Review of Birthday Girl (2001) by Taly A — 31 Jul 2006

This will teach him for ordering a bride by mail!!! Nicole Kidman is awesome in this.

This review of Birthday Girl (2001) was written by Taly A on 31 Jul 2006.

Birthday Girl has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Cynthia S (730) on 04 Apr 2011

A fun, off beat sleeper of a movie. Nicole Kidman is good in this one, and Ben Chaplin does his usual great job…

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By Slightly L (12) on 08 Dec 2010

Nicole Kidman plays a Russain male order bride who barely speaks english. Ben Chaplin plays the cad who ordered her expecting true love…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 24 Aug 2009

There are enough well layered performances in director/co-writer Jez Butterworth's Birthday Girl to all but compensate for the film's inept…

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By Ronjon C (4) on 04 Jan 2010

First of all may I say that the naming of this movie was bad -- the movie's theme from start to finish does not have anything to do with Birthday…

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By Steve S (3,182) on 09 Aug 2009

I watched this only because Cassel was in it. Not one of my faves…

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By Brooke F (100) on 10 Sep 2010

NÃ£o Ã© bom nem mau, nÃ£o aquece nem arrefece. TambÃ©m nÃ£o se perde nada em ver... mas nÃ£o Ã© dos que ficam…

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By James H (4,675) on 16 Dec 2009

Nicole Kidman's excellent performance is a major plus for the film…

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By Paula P (225) on 18 Apr 2010

I am a Netflix junkie. So, on a whim, I watched this…

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By Mark A (1,301) on 05 Jan 2010

Pretty poor. Surprised that Kidman would be involved in such a porly done movie…

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By Helena K (116) on 01 May 2010

Hah, well this was cute! It was pretty funny too. It was a good dark comedy. I enjoyed all the tying up of people…

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