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Oscura seducción

Título original: Birthday Girl
  • 2001
  • 13
  • 1h 33min
PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
6,0/10
27 mil
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Nicole Kidman and Ben Chaplin in Oscura seducción (2001)
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Un empleado de banca solitario y de carácter apacible, que tiene una vida gris y rutinaria, busca el amor en Internet, consiguiendo una novia rusa que alterará su vida completamente.Un empleado de banca solitario y de carácter apacible, que tiene una vida gris y rutinaria, busca el amor en Internet, consiguiendo una novia rusa que alterará su vida completamente.Un empleado de banca solitario y de carácter apacible, que tiene una vida gris y rutinaria, busca el amor en Internet, consiguiendo una novia rusa que alterará su vida completamente.

  • Dirección
    • Jez Butterworth
  • Guión
    • Tom Butterworth
    • Jez Butterworth
  • Reparto principal
    • Nicole Kidman
    • Vincent Cassel
    • Ben Chaplin
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  • PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
    6,0/10
    27 mil
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    • Dirección
      • Jez Butterworth
    • Guión
      • Tom Butterworth
      • Jez Butterworth
    • Reparto principal
      • Nicole Kidman
      • Vincent Cassel
      • Ben Chaplin
    • 164Reseñas de usuarios
    • 87Reseñas de críticos
    • 51Metapuntuación
  • Ver la información de la producción en IMDbPro
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    Nicole Kidman
    Nicole Kidman
    • Sophia, alias Nadia
    Vincent Cassel
    Vincent Cassel
    • Alexei
    Ben Chaplin
    Ben Chaplin
    • John
    Mathieu Kassovitz
    Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Yuri
    Kate Lynn Evans
    • Clare
    • (as Kate Evans)
    Stephen Mangan
    Stephen Mangan
    • Bank Manager
    Alexander Armstrong
    Alexander Armstrong
    • Robert Moseley
    • (as Xander Armstrong)
    Sally Phillips
    Sally Phillips
    • Karen
    Jo McInnes
    • Waitress
    Ben Miller
    Ben Miller
    • Concierge
    Jonathan Aris
    Jonathan Aris
    • D.I. O'Fetiger
    Katya Barton-Chapple
    • Young Sophia
    Rebecca Norton
    • Bank Colleague
    • (as Rebecca Clarke)
    Mark Gatiss
    Mark Gatiss
    • Porter
    Raj Ghatak
    Raj Ghatak
    • Bank Colleague
    David Mark
    • Bank Colleague
    Steve Pemberton
    Steve Pemberton
    • Duty Sergeant
    Jack Pierce
    Jack Pierce
    • Bank Colleague
    • Dirección
      • Jez Butterworth
    • Guión
      • Tom Butterworth
      • Jez Butterworth
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    Buddy-51

    offbeat, underplayed drama

    Roughly one part crime drama to two parts offbeat love story, `Birthday Girl' is a nifty little British film that gives Nicole Kidman a chance to strut her stuff as an actress. Here she gets to play a Russian `mail order bride' (though, of course, in the modern world she is actually ordered off the internet) who's come to England to start a new life with John, a mild-mannered banker unsuccessful in the ways of love. John is one of those bland, utterly undistinguished `good guys' who everyone seems to like but no one seems to notice. Even his boss at the bank gives him one of those noncommittal job evaluations (saying what a swell guy he is and what a great way he has with people) used to fob people off when they are not good enough to merit a raise or a more prestigious position in the corporation. Forced to go the unconventional route in finding himself a wife, John hooks up with the lovely but inscrutable Nadia, a Russian woman who, John is appalled to learn, does not understand a word of English. Then just as John and Nadia seem to be forming a close relationship (literally bonding over bondage), complications arise when two of Nadia's bizarre `friends' from Russia suddenly arrive on the scene.

    To reveal more of the plot would be unfair to both the viewer and the makers of this film, since much of the movie's intrigue arises from the frequent turnabouts in the plot itself. Although there is always the threat of violence hammering at the film's edges, writers Tom and Jez Butterworth (the latter serving as the film's director as well), manage to keep the film fairly havoc free while they focus on the developing relationship between the two main characters. Kidman, who speaks nary a word of English in the first half of the film (and only with a heavy accent thereafter), does a beautiful job conveying both the toughness and the vulnerability inherent in this woman. Though innately compassionate, Nadia has had to learn how to survive in a brutal world - even if that means having to exploit naïve, good-natured shmucks like John. As John, Ben Chaplin conveys just the right mixture of shyness, befuddlement and ultimate self-assuredness to make us root for the character. Because of his Everyman characteristics, we want to see John triumph in the end.

    `Birthday Girl' doesn't try to push the envelope by indulging in elaborate action scenes or patently theatrical heroics. Its events seem to unravel in a spontaneous, naturalistic manner, which helps the film to remain relatively true to life most of the time. It tells an unusual story, one filled with wry humor, understated suspense and a compassionate recognition of human frailty. Well written and well acted, `Birthday Girl' is an unheralded film that deserves to be seen.
    5moonspinner55

    Black comedy takes some odd right and left turns, never seeming fully satisfied with itself...

    Mild-mannered bachelor bank teller near London advertises for a Russian wife on the internet, and is disappointed when the young lady who shows up at the airport doesn't speak any English (she's a willing sport in bed, however); when two of her Russian buddies show up at his house, the man realizes he's been set up to rob his own bank, yet still feels a connection to this strange, sexy woman. Peculiar, darkly comic series of confusions, double crosses, bedroom fetishes (and ants!) written by the team of Tom and Jez Butterworth (Jez also directed, while Steve Butterworth produced). It was obviously a labor of love for the group, and they could not have found better leads than Nicole Kidman and handsome Ben Chaplin, both excellent in their roles. Still, the script disappoints--it's all over the map--and by the third act we've lost something intrinsic in the characters. Chaplin (who amusingly resembles both Joaquin Phoenix and Steve Carrell) is never humiliated on-screen (he's treated badly but always rebounds and looks after himself); still, the man's anger is released in odd ways (too much slapping) and we never understand his attachment to Kidman's Russian vixen. Is this an emotional connection or is it purely physical? Well-made movie has some fine, prickly moments (mostly in the first hour). It loses itself in its circular twists, swallowing its tail in the bargain, however the film is still a decent attempt at something different. ** from ****
    7UniqueParticle

    Fairly enjoyable romance/thriller

    Ben Chaplin and Nicole Kidman are great together! The soundtrack is absolutely wonderful! Vincent Cassel is wild, he's always a great actor with range. Wasn't expecting some of the things that occur Birthday Girl is pleasant surprise.
    7Andy-Denotti

    Underrated romantic comedy

    This is a good example a film that in spite of the low rating is more than worth watching. The story is engaging and it doesn't take long before the chemistry between Nicole Kidman and Ben Chaplin grabs your attention. The acting is first class and the characters are represented well. Sometimes it feels like the director couldn't decide himself between drama and romantic comedy. Ben Chiller's portrayal of the law abiding and shy Englishman with porn S.M. magazines hidden in the bedroom creates plenty of moments for laughs! As does the look in Nicole Kidman's eyes when she is offering John his first taste of intimacy in a long time... Other times the actors and especially Nicole Kidman give this comedy quite expertly a dramatic slant.
    6MovieAddict2016

    A good premise, but the overall film is just so-so...

    John (Ben Chaplin) is a hapless bachelor in St. Albans, looking for love in all the wrong places. So he goes online and orders a Russian mail-order bride. She arrives in the form of Nicole Kidman. Although her background is questionable and her English is fragmented, she's great in bed, so he has no complaints.

    However when her "cousins" appear at his door a whole new world of deception and violence opens up for John, pulling him deeper and deeper under.

    The premise for the film is fairly good, but the overall execution is just so-so. Nicole Kidman gives a really good performance (worthy of a better film) but Ben Chaplin is just OK. He slaps her around a bit, which is about as daring as his character manages to be. Anyone could play the role, so he's kind of stuck in a rut.

    The movie is grungy, dark and feels independent - it's hard to imagine Hollywood royalty Nicole Kidman signing onto it, but she is really the reason this film remains interesting and engaging. Without her, I don't think I would have bothered to sit through all of it.

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    • Curiosidades
      Nicole Kidman went to the Russian Embassy in Australia for help in speaking Russian. She didn't work with any other coach on the set except the woman from the embassy.
    • Pifias
      Between the time that John leaves the airport and arrives at the hotel after chasing the taxi, he has shaved.
    • Citas

      Sophia: If you just wanted sex, go to a prostitute.

      John: Well, as it turns out, I did.

    • Conexiones
      Featured in Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2003)
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      Composed by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

      Published by Williamson Music / Warner Chappel Music Ltd.

      PolyGram International Publishing Inc.

      Performed by Bob Sakek

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 17 de enero de 2003 (España)
    • Países de origen
      • Reino Unido
      • Estados Unidos
    • Sitio oficial
      • Official site
    • Idiomas
      • Inglés
      • Ruso
    • Títulos en diferentes países
      • Birthday Girl
    • Localizaciones del rodaje
      • St Albans, Hertfordshire, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
    • Empresas productoras
      • FilmFour
      • HAL Films
      • Mirage Enterprises
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    • Presupuesto
      • 13.000.000 US$ (estimación)
    • Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
      • 5.142.576 US$
    • Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
      • 2.370.809 US$
      • 3 feb 2002
    • Recaudación en todo el mundo
      • 16.171.098 US$
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    • Duración
      1 hora 33 minutos
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      • 2.35 : 1

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