When a dull English bank teller, played by Ben Chaplin, orders a Russian bride on-line and she turns out to be Nicole Kidman, you know Birthday Girl is unusual. Even unique.
Kidman, who turns in an adept, funny and sexy performance in her new guise, is a sassy surprise. As her perfect foil, Chaplin provides just the right deer-caught-in-the-headlights sensibility to let the movie work at a spirited level.
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