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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 08/13/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: Miramax Total Copies: 18 Genres: Comedy Drama, Black Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Crime Drama

A man looking for love gets more than he bargained for when he chooses his prospective wife on the internet in this dark comedy. The manager of a bank in a small British community (Ben Chaplin) decides that he's in need of long-term companionship, and through an on-line marriage broker called From Russia With Love, he obtains a "mail order" bride (Nicole Kidman). While he's more than pleased that his new fiancée is so beautiful, she turns out to have a dangerous and mysterious side that he wasn't counting on, and things become quite complicated when two of her cousins (Vincent Cassel and Mathieu Kassovitz) arrive from Russia and move into his tiny house in St. Albans. Though set in England, Birthday Girl was actually shot in Australia, which allowed leading lady Nicole Kidman to stay in touch with her then- husband, Tom Cruise, who was shooting Mission: Impossible II in Australia at the same time. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Nicole Kidman - Nadia
Ben Chaplin - John
Vincent Cassel - Alexei
Mathieu Kassovitz - Yuri
Kate Evans - Claire

Jez Butterworth directs Nicole Kidman in one of her oddest roles in Birthday Girl, which comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Spanish subtitles are accessible, and the English soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include a making-of featurette, and a music video. This is a slim disc from Disney/Buena Vista, but it does offer excellent sound and picture quality. This is a worthwhile title for those in the mood for something different. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide