Birthday Girl Page #2

Synopsis: Internet love connections and mail-order brides rarely ever work out, and John should have known. Having never been lucky in the game of love and tired of waiting for the perfect woman to come along, John decides to take his chances and orders a mail-order bride from Russia online. At first, things seem perfect: his new bride Nadia is a gorgeous woman, and although she may not speak much English, her skills in the bedroom more than make up for any communication problems. When Nadia's 'cousins' unexpectedly arrive to celebrate her birthday, John is drawn into their web of corruption and crime.
Director(s): Jez Butterworth
Production: Miramax Films
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
R
Year:
2001
93 min
$4,919,896
Website
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"and so a valuable tool

"in maintaining

lasting relationships,

"although John still has some

reluctance to... or has problems in...

"carving out new relationships

face to face.

"Judgment...

"John makes able decisions

in most areas of his job.

"John follows instructions

conscientiously

"and responds well

to personal directions...

"and in most situations,

assumes responsibility

"for his own actions

and outcomes.

"On the whole, John grasps the central

principles of banking for the new century.

"He understands

and responds to

"the power structure

on the floor.

"In conclusion, John should be

satisfied with his performance.

"This has been a sound,

workmanlike year for him...

...much the same as last year. "

Thank you.

I think that's very fair.

Ooh.

Oh.

And...

go.

Good. Good. Very good.

So, how did that feel?

John?

It feels...

It felt good. Weird.

It's called

"Trust... And... Letting Go. "

Trust... And...

Letting Go.

Made you a cup of tea.

Are you okay?

Bahd-day.

Sorry?

Mm-mm.

Today... bahd-day.

Bahd-day.

I- I don't understand.

Mm.

- Today.

- Today.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

- Birth-day.

- Yes. Happy birthday.

Par-ty.

- Yes! Party. Party.

- Par-ty!

Yeah.

Party.

Yes. Party, party.

Happy birthday

to you

Happy birthday

to you

Happy birthday,

dear Nadia

Oh!

Let me get it.

I'm sorry I'm late.

I told you I'd make it.

I told you she was beautiful.

John!

Hey, John!

John, John, John, my man!

Hey, let me look

at you.

Oh, beautiful, beautiful.

Beautiful.

One... One minute.

Nadia, meet my new guitarist,

Alexei.

Alexei, this is Nadia.

You'll love him.

He's a riot.

Happy Birthday.

How's that, huh?

We can't drink our own piss,

can we, John? Hey?

Hang on.

Um, sorry. Who are you?

Glasses, get some glasses.

Uh, what are you...

what are you doing here?

Sorry, eh,

you've lost me.

Hold on.

He doesn't speak Russian?

- No.

- He can't speak Russian!

You don't speak Russian?

Nothing?

Say, uh,

say these are my friends.

How do you say "friends"

in English?

Friends, friends!

Nadia, Yuri... friends.

He's got a wicked pad.

I wanted to say

you might be coming,

but...

Yes. Nadia. Okay.

She wants to tell you

that, you know,

her English is so sh*t,

no one speak Russian, so it's

very, very hard for her, you know.

The light...

for the cake.

Okay, Nadia...

happy birthday!

Hang on, hang on,

hang on.

I need to know

who you are first.

We are Russian.

Yes, I know.

Good.

A- and?

And what?

Oh, from the beginning.

Okay...

Nadia is my little cousin,

except she's not my little cousin,

but we say "little cousin. "

Is it good?

So you're... you're both

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