Review of Birthday Girl (2002) by Anthony K — 01 Dec 2007

A movie with multiple twists. A lesson to anyone that has considered internet dating!

This review of Birthday Girl (2002) was written by Anthony K on 01 Dec 2007.

Birthday Girl has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Aswin W (347) on 20 Oct 2011

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By Greg W (4,011) on 20 Jul 2014

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By Howie V (37) on 18 Jan 2011

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

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 02 Feb 2012

Still, it's worth checking out if only to see Kidman immolate everything else on screen through sheer sexy charisma. Tom who…

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By Robbie M (287) on 25 Mar 2010

Beyond the preposterous premise (Ben Chaplin can't get a date?), a sexy and funny movie. No reason to watch it again, but Nicole does good Russian.[…

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By Caleb C (670) on 23 Feb 2011

Blah, what a messy film. Great acting, but awful story. Watch Derailed instead…

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By Cecily B (774) on 11 Jul 2014

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

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