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Birthday Girl
At a London airport, shy bank clerk John (Ben Chaplin) watches passengers arriving from an international flight. He`s waiting for his mail order bride to arrive from Russia. When she finally appears, she`s not exactly what John had in mind--tall, thi...
At a London airport, shy bank clerk John (Ben Chaplin) watches passengers arriving from an international flight. He`s waiting for his mail order bride to arrive from Russia. When she finally appears, she`s not exactly what John had in mind--tall, thin, and gangly, with scruffy hair and rings around her eyes, Nadia (Nicole Kidman) seems worn, apprehensive, and tired. As he drives her home, John discovers she can`t speak a word of English, but she does smoke prodigiously. He makes repeated calls to the agency that arranged the marriage, leaving messages that a mistake has been made. But although Nadia doesn`t know any English, John soon discovers that she knows all about sex. He changes his mind about sending her back.
The opening of director Jez Butterworth`s BIRTHDAY GIRL is amusing and raunchy. But the film takes off in another direction when, on Nadia`s birthday, two boisterous Russians (exuberantly played by French actors Vincent Cassel and Matthieu Kassovitz) arrive and take over John`s home. The clever, twisting narrative that follows is, by turns, surprising, funny, and suspenseful. Chaplin`s thoughtful performance counterbalances Kidman`s troubled volatile heroine, who is not who she seems to be.
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