Synopsis
John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russian mail-order bride arranged via the Internet, where he is introduced to Nadia. John's fondness for Nadia grows... until the sudden arrival of Nadia's gregarious cousins makes John realize that he's in over his head.
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Cast
- Nicole KidmanSophia, alias Nadia
- Ben ChaplinJohn
- Vincent CasselAlexei
- Mathieu KassovitzYuri
- Kate Lynn EvansClare
- Stephen ManganBank Manager
- Sally PhillipsKaren
- Alexander ArmstrongRobert Mosley
- Jo McInnesWaitress
- Ben MillerConcierge
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
Charmingly setting aside glamour for a turn at pure acting, Nicole Kidman zings up the already zingy script of Birthday Girl. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Black comedies are rare enough. Birthday Girl is a member of an even rarer species, the black romantic comedy. - 75
New York Daily News
It's a slight, old-fashioned B movie, the last thing you would expect from an actress coming off a breakout year, but it has a charm and freshness we don't see much these days. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Butterworth guides us through the world of chaos and romantic confusion he's created as if it's the most natural place in the world. After a while, we actually believe it is. - 67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The good news is that Kidman's the best thing in this rather subdued film: sexy, coy and even a bit funny. The bad news is that the movie itself is unlikely to register very long on anyone's radar. - 63
Boston Globe
This bizarre, uneven comedy is notable mostly for the unsettling presence of Nicole Kidman in full, kinky, sex-kitten mode. - 63
Chicago Tribune
A paper-thin wish-fulfillment comedy about escaping small-town repressions and blasting conformity. - 63
ReelViews
The romantic comedy doesn't have much, but it has Kidman.
