Review of Birthday Girl (2002) by Heather R — 18 Dec 2006

"Are you a giraffe?" "yeeeeeeees" LOL!!!! A russian Nicole Kidman...interesting tee hee.

This review of Birthday Girl (2002) was written by Heather R on 18 Dec 2006.

Birthday Girl has generally received mixed reviews.

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