# Birthday Girl (2001)

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**Runtime**: 93 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
**Directed by**: Jez Butterworth
**Written by**: Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth
**Starring**: Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Kassovitz, Kate Lynn Evans, Stephen Mangan

> *Be careful what you wish for.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Bright fluorescent cubicle, a Tuesday in December. A porcelain teacup cracks under a nervous grip.

Two strangers click through a dating site’s pixelated promise. Then a holiday package arrives, shrink-wrapped and volatile.

A first-time director’s off-key satire of desire and debt.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, raw, tender

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