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(1 - 32) of 32 OFCS Rating: 45% Rotten Page   1   2.5/4 "Flicks like Birthday Girl usually have strong futures as $7 DVDs at Best Buy."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   A. J. Hakari 2.5/4 "None of Birthday Girl's calculated events take us by surprise..."   Film Freak Central   Bill Chambers B- "There are enough well layered performances in director/co-writer Jez Butterworth's "Birthday Girl" to all but compensate for the film's inept noir flirtations between romantic farce and theft thriller."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 3/4 "A true Birthday surprise."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 2/4 "...pretty much the definition of mediocre."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C "A disposable film."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 1.5/4 "An ineffective romance, a monotonous thriller, and a decidedly banal crime picture."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman C "It's a fast-moving, original film for the first 45 minutes, and a deathly tedious one for the next 45. It balances out to be mediocre."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B- "A cool little genre-hopper that will end its theatrical run before you can say "Nicole Kidman?""   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 2/4 "Overall, the outlandish proceedings fall as flat as a Russian blini. Birthday Girl unwraps its package alright, but the contents inside only reinforce what a psuedo-stylish actioner Butterworth's thrilling cinematic gift really is."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C- "A curious film: for a purported comedy-thriller, it's not very funny, and it generates remarkably little suspense...Mostly it's a shambling bore."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2.5/4 "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."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2/4 "a sleazy, weirdly uncomfortable would-be crime-thriller/black comedy"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3/4 "The script is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 3/4 "It leaves little doubt that Kidman has become one of our best actors."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman "Moderately engaging and entertaining."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 6/10 "It may not make a lasting impression, but at the same time you may find its first half teasingly, tantalizingly good fun and its second half, well, who knows."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, something wonderful happened. At the screening I attended, a reel malfunctioned."   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards 8/10 "La cinta no se parece a nada que hayan visto, pues es una mezcla extraña de humor negro con auténtico drama y aderezo romántico. "   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez 3/5 "Kidman accomplishes a remarkable feat of transformation, adopting not only an accent, but a slightly seedy, faintly feral demeanor that almost makes you forget her icy good looks and fashion model's figure."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 3/4 "Works for the most part as an interesting and entertaining experiment in genre bending and tone."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 2.5/4 "A pleasant and engaging enough sit, but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 3/5 "The movie's director, screenwriters, and producer (three brothers) clearly intended to make a movie that transcends genre, but it does not really work."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow C "The film has potential, but never manages to put the pieces together quite right."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "“Birthday Girl” is an actor’s movie first and foremost."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4/5 "While Birthday Girl isn't likely to rank among 2002's most memorable films, there's more than enough entertainment here to warrant a visit."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg 2/4 "Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and, by extension, its surprises limp and its resolutions ritual."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 5/10 Read review   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf 7/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger Read review   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 32) of 32 OFCS Rating: 45% Rotten Page   1