Review of Birthday Girl (2001) by David F — 03 Aug 2008

It was more TV drama special than feature film.

This review of Birthday Girl (2001) was written by David F on 03 Aug 2008.

Birthday Girl has generally received mixed reviews.

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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 Lady D (826) on 04 Jun 2010

A quirky English film a mix of black comedy and drama. It has a few funny moments, a bit more action and twists towards the end…

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By Justin Y (193) on 11 Feb 2010

Nicole is Beautiful and did good playing a Russian. Chaplin wasn't bad either. Other than that, the movie has nothing going for it…

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By The Critic ( (601) on 10 Aug 2012

An amusing premise fails to translate very well to the screen, though the cast deliver good performances and keep the proceedings watchable…

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By Ws W (1,791) on 06 Dec 2009

There were parts supposed to be noir, even funny but turned out to be quite offbeat instead…

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By Dwayne L (27) on 18 Nov 2010

Some movies succeed in mixing up different genres. This isn't one of them…

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By Ripö M (410) on 13 Apr 2010

Undiscovered, but that doesn't make it any lesser. With an underrated performance by Nicole Kidman as a Russian mail-order bride. Surprisingly funny…

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By F0Xy H (86) on 09 Dec 2009

It was different. I am not a huge fan of Nicole Kidman, but I must say she was well cast in this role…

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By Marina N (275) on 06 Jul 2012

Birthday Girl turned out different than I expected. I was also positively surprised…

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By Aswin W (347) on 20 Oct 2011

A bit weak, even Nicole Kidman was not able to save it…

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