Review of Birthday Girl (2002) by Clay E — 11 Jul 2010

Entertaining movie. Nice ending. Nicole was very convincing as a Russian bad girl.

This review of Birthday Girl (2002) was written by Clay E on 11 Jul 2010.

Birthday Girl has generally received mixed reviews.

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