Review of Birthday Girl (2002) by Nada . — 03 Jan 2007

Ehm, not a typical Kidman movie.. but very interesting and weird..

This review of Birthday Girl (2002) was written by Nada . on 03 Jan 2007.

Birthday Girl has generally received mixed reviews.

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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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