Birthday Girl
Miramax Films | Release Date: February 1, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
10
Negative:
5
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60
Film ThreatTim Merrill
Starts out as a first-rate chick movie and winds up a second-rate guy movie. But if this somehow proves to be a formula for the perfect date movie, then Kidman is even more brilliant than we thought. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
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. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Quickly devolves into a violent thriller that resolves itself in sadomasochistic romance.
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Ultimately, Birthday Girl disintegrates into a fairly routine -- and brutal -- caper movie. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
There is a curious problem with Birthday Girl, hard to put your finger on: The movie is kind of sour. It wants to be funny and a little nasty, it wants to surprise us and then console us, but what it mostly does is make us restless. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
See it to be reminded (if you need further reminding) of this actress' remarkable range. Otherwise, take a pass.
40
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Uneven, not particularly inspired comic thriller. Read full review
40
SalonCharles Taylor
It's that sense of ardor that's missing from Ben Chaplin's performance in Birthday Girl. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
There's nothing wrong with beguiling star turns, but I wish this one had been surrounded by more of a movie. Birthday Girl is a harmless trifle that makes 93 minutes go by as if they were hardly more than an hour and a half.
40
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
This breathless demi-noir has so much bounce that we barely get any time to mull over the gaping holes in its moth-eaten plot. It is competent but extremely slight. Read full review
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