Review of Birthday Girl (2002) by Gone A — 11 Oct 2006

Entertaining feel-good British crime-comedy. Decent.

This review of Birthday Girl (2002) was written by Gone A on 11 Oct 2006.

Birthday Girl has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Martin S (921) on 05 Oct 2011

It's not a good movie but it was okay to watch. Ben Chaplin is good...Vincent Cassel is good…

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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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No one plays the femme fatale as well as Nicole Kidman. She just does it so naturally…

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An alright movie that shows the acting abilities of Nicole Kidman and Vincent Cassel…

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Besides bad criticism, I think this is a very decent film. Not bad…

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By Russell R (256) on 23 Mar 2017

Simple story about a guy who orders a Russian mail order bride and it turns out to be a scam. I enjoyed it. Not a big fan of Chaplin's…

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