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Birthday Girl Movie Rating: 
Terrific FunShe can act, sing, and dance, and now she speaks Russian and gives hand jobs. Is there anything that Nicole Kidman cannot do? | |
| She plays Russian mail-order bride Nadia, who doesn't speak English, as British bank teller John (Ben Chaplin) soon discovers. Despite the language barrier, Nadia develops unique communication skills by browsing through John's hidden porn magazines. With the arrival of Nadia's cousins, Alexei (Mathieu Kassovitz) and Yuri (Vincent Cassel), John's bliss fades fast when he learns that the con is on. |
 Ben Chaplin and Nicole Kidman in Birthday Girl. Photo by Liam Daniel courtesy Miramax Films. |
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This odd blend of romantic comedy and crime caper doesn't always work, with some
clunky jokes and hardly surprising revelations. Wisely, director Jez Butterworth
keeps focused on the stereotype-breaking characters, not the goofy plot, and the
winning performances make this mindless film terrific fun to watch.
Gay Interest: Kidman appears frequently in her birthday suit, showing off her shapely form and the world's flattest tummy. The muscular Cassel runs around with his shirt off most of the time. Ben Chaplin is interviewed on video below. | |
Ben Chaplin & Vincent Cassel
