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Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News: An anemic little movie. Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: All in all, it's a well-wrapped present. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Nicole Kidman was on a roll with Moulin Rouge and The Others, and that roll has come to a screeching halt. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: For a supposedly fast-moving thriller -- and a movie that takes only 93 minutes -- Birthday Girl is surprisingly sluggish. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: The creators of Birthday Girl could optimistically advertise that they give viewers two movies for the price of one. Despite the Kidman charisma, don't consider that a bonus. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Mostly ... it's a disappointment -- except as a showcase for Kidman. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Feels like nothing more than a pleasant but distant business transaction. Read more
Gene Seymour, Newsday: Given a smaller frame and literally darker shades to work with than she's accustomed to, Kidman is friskier, livelier and arguably more engaging than she's ever been. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Nicole Kidman makes it a party worth attending. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Though Birthday Girl is probably too unnerving and at times savage a relationship comedy to be a universal taste, its success on its own terms says a lot for the gifts of director-writer Butterworth. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: 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. Read more
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: Birthday Girl is an amusing joy ride, with some surprisingly violent moments. Read more
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Entertainment Weekly: An effortfully decorated romantic caper in which Ben Chaplin, as the shy hero, mats his hair down with Loser Gel and stares inertly to convey his dilemma about whether to stay good or live it up bad. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: 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. Read more
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Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Certainly isn't the laugh riot of a thriller the trailers suggest. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: 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. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Nicole Kidman isn't bad as a Russian bride in this noirish sex comedy, but her feeble costar could use a good tug. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Birthday Girl gets points for strangeness. Read more
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star: 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. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: 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. Read more
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: It may not be particularly innovative, but the film's crisp, unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewarding. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: It's all over the road -- sometimes farce, sometimes horror, sometimes thriller, sometimes police procedural. And the truth is, no one in it is particularly sympathetic. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Uneven, not particularly inspired comic thriller. Read more