Birthday Girl Page #4

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
128 Views


Don't ever touch me again!

Hey, I told you

to leave her alone.

Can't you just

leave her alone?

Keep out of this.

John:

So... I'm really sorry,

but I'm going to have to

ask you to leave.

Oh, I-I'm sorry, John.

It... It's not you.

Oh, it's my fault.

I should have maybe come alone?

It's okay.

You can stay tonight.

I'm sorry.

I don't know him that much.

Okay. I see you

tomorrow morning, we go.

Good night, Yuri.

Thank you very much, John.

You've been very kind.

- Thank you. Thank you, John.

- John.

Good night, John.

I'm sorry, John.

- What happened?

You're throwing me out?!

Sit down! Sit down!

What's he saying?!

Sit, sit, sit,

sit, sit!

- Alexei! Alexei!

- Leave her alone!

You think

you're better than me?

I beg you.

Now we'll see.

Let's see

if he's got any balls.

Put the f***ing

kettle down!

What?

You with your nice job

and your big house,

and you still have to

pay for a woman.

I don't understand.

You bought her. Let's see

what she's worth to you.

Oh, Jesus!

What are you doing?!

What do you want?!

What do you want?

Bread!

Money!

Bank manager:
Ah, John?

John, this is Robert Moseley,

head of Southeast new business.

Robert, this is

John Buckingham.

- Hello, John.

- Hello.

Thought you could give us

a tour this morning,

sort of be

our Indian guide?

- Right.

- Do you play?

Yes, I do.

That's John...

he's always surprising us with

his hidden talents, isn't he?

I was in a band.

Keyboards.

Sort of like... very loud,

uh, very loud Marillion.

- Oh, yeah. "Script For a Jester's Tear. "

- Yes.

Come on, maestro.

Give us a tune.

I'll give you a tune

later.

Take the ball

and run with it, John.

Right.

Good morning, John.

Hey, give us a tune?

- I'll give you a tune later.

- All right.

This is the, uh...

This is, um...

This is where we're doing

"Trust...

"Trust And Letting Go. "

Moseley:
Yeah. We're not doing

this till the fourth quarter.

The result...

has it been beneficial?

John:
Yes.

It's really weird

at first.

It's sort of, um, exciting and

frightening at the same time.

Wouldn't you say,

John?

Yes.

No, no, we're starting

to see results.

This is Karen

who's, uh, taking it.

- Hi. Robert.

- Hi. Hi.

So, what are you doing

here, exactly?

Karen:
It's called "Trust And

Letting Go. " It's a kind of game...

Excuse me.

Hey, John,

Moseley's here.

Yeah, I'll give you

a tune later.

It's weird, isn't it?

Very good. So if you'd like to

swap places with your partners,

we'll try a bit

of mutuality.

Get into your place...

and brace.

And arms penguin...

and in the back, I want you

to really flex your knees.

Be ready...

Be ready to catch them.

Okay? And... go.

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