Review of My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) by Thomas E — 16 Nov 2007

Interesting... a lot of the ideas made it into True Romance.

This review of My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) was written by Thomas E on 16 Nov 2007.

My Best Friend's Birthday has generally received mixed reviews.

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