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Birthday Girl Movie Review Summary

Actors: Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin

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Kidman portrays a Russian mail-order bride named Nadia, paid for by British banker Ben Chaplin, who gets more than he expected when she arrives. When he throws her a birthday party, two men show up unexpectedly, claiming to be her cousins, and the action starts from there. Throughout, Chaplin's conflicting feelings about his "bride" can be seen, as appreciative love turns into disgust, then pity, and finally blossoms into something meaningful.
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Script Analysis of Birthday Girl

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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book Actual chase scenes or violence 30%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 30%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 40% Time/Era of Movie:    -   present 2000+ Crime & Police Story?    -   Yes Crime story:    -   criminal/victim falls in love with victim/criminal    -   criminal becomes sensitive    -   criminal kidnappers Blackmail & Seduction    -   Yes If this is a criminal POV story...    -   criminals stealing from other criminals

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Profession/status:    -   blue collar worker Age:    -   20's-30's Nudity    -   Chest Ethnicity/Nationality    -   British

Setting

City?    -   Yes Misc setting    -   resort/hotel

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   no torture/death Sex/nudity in movie?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   kissing    -   touching of personal anatomy    -   seeing nude female butt Kind of violence:    -   hand to hand    -   knives Any profanity?    -   Some foul language

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