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NUMBERS
Box Office: $4,919,896
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CONSENSUS
Kidman shows her range in this quirky movie, but the shift in tone from romantic comedy to thriller may leave viewers unsatisfied.
CAST & CREW
Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassel
Directed by Jez Butterworth
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SYNOPSIS
At a London airport, shy bank clerk John (Ben Chaplin) watches passengers arriving from an international flight. more...
MPAA RATING
R, sexuality and language
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Feb 1, 2002
Video: Aug 13, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Miramax Films
GENRE
Dramas, Thriller, Marriage, England
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Birthday Girl Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
TIDBITS
NEWS ARTICLES
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "…the story is far-flung, illogical, and plain stupid."
-- Victoria Alexander, FILMSINREVIEW.COM
 "Smart but slight."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"A deviant topical comedy which is funny from start to finish."
-- Matt Arnoldi, BBCI FILMS
"The script is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
"A modest and acerbically clever escapade that relies more on wit than excitement."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"There's a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of Birthday Girl."
-- Sean Burns, PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY
"The film's overall mood and focus is interesting but constantly unfulfilling."
-- Nick Carter, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and, by extension, its surprises limp and its resolutions ritual."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"The film takes too long getting to the good stuff, then takes too long figuring out what to do next."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"Works for the most part as an interesting and entertaining experiment in genre bending and tone."
-- Mark Dujsik, MARK REVIEWS MOVIES
"It's the cute frissons of discovery and humor between Chaplin and Kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking, but humming."
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
"An entertaining British hybrid of comedy, caper thrills and quirky romance."
-- Jack Garner, ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE
"It leaves little doubt that Kidman has become one of our best actors."
-- Jeremy Heilman, MOVIEMARTYR.COM
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"Birthday Girl doesn't try to surprise us with plot twists, but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"A keep-’em-guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters."
-- Tom Block, CULTUREVULTURE.NET
"A true Birthday surprise."
-- David N. Butterworth, MOVIE BOEUF
"None of Birthday Girl's calculated events take us by surprise..."
-- Bill Chambers, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"“Birthday Girl” is an actor’s movie first and foremost."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"A pleasant and engaging enough sit, but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole."
-- Michael Dequina, MR. BROWN'S MOVIES
"Unfortunately, when Yuri and Alexei are introduced, the movie sort of goes downhill a little
bit."
-- Matt Easterbrook, MATT'S MOVIE REVIEWS
"Terrific as Nadia, a Russian mail-order bride who comes to America speaking not a word of English, it’s Kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers."
-- Bryant Frazer, BRYANT FRAZER'S DEEP FOCUS
"Would've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story, and left off the film's predictable denouement. Then Nadia's birthday might not have been such a bad day after all."
-- Pam Grady, REEL.COM
"Birthday Girl lucks out with Chaplin and Kidman, who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story, but who can also negotiate the movie's darker turns."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
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ROTTEN 50%
Avg. Rating: 5.6/10 |
"Passable entertainment, but it's the kind of motion picture that won't make much of a splash when it's released, and will not be remembered long afterwards."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"'Butterfingered' is the word for the big-fisted direction of Jez Butterworth, who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach."
-- Duane Byrge, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Nicole Kidman evolved from star to superstar some time over the past year, which means that Birthday Girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"Birthday Girl is an amusing joy ride, with some surprisingly violent moments."
-- Paul Clinton, CNN
"The movie's downfall is to substitute plot for personality. It doesn't really know or care about the characters, and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"Nicole Kidman makes it a party worth attending."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"Light the candles, bring out the cake and don't fret about the calories because there's precious little substance in Birthday Girl -- it's simply, and surprisingly, a nice, light treat."
-- Rick Groen, GLOBE AND MAIL
"It combines the polish and shapeliness -- and, alas, occasionally the expediency -- of a Hollywood movie with the edgy sensibility we're used to from foreign and independent films."
-- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"It may not be particularly innovative, but the film's crisp, unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewarding."
-- Mark Holcomb, VILLAGE VOICE
"Kidman is really the only thing that's worth watching in Birthday Girl, a film by the stage-trained Jez Butterworth (Mojo) that serves as yet another example of the sad decline of British comedies in the post-Full Monty world."
-- Peter Howell, TORONTO STAR
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"Birthday Girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked."
-- Louis B. Hobson, JAM! MOVIES
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* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Birthday Girl" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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