The setting of this
film is the London commuter suburb of St. Albans. John has been working at a bank for 10 years and he's lonely. He orders a mail-order bride from
Russia through an online agency.
He waits at the airport but he doesn’t see her until he turns around
from the arrival gate. She is standing
by herself observing him. When he
finds out she doesn’t speak any English, he tries to contact the agency to send
her back but he gets no response.
Things start to get better until one of her cousins and his friend
arrive to celebrate her birthday.
John doesn’t know how long they plan to stay but he’s had enough and
asks them to leave. This action
starts a different ball rolling in an unexpected direction.
Nicole Kidman looks
different in this film with dark hair and a lot of black eye shadow. This is a watch on DVD movie and not
worth seeing in a theater if it was playing. The
plot stretches believability after the cousin and friend arrive. There are many different ways this
could have gone and you question the choices made as it unfolds? 3* (This movie is OK)
93
min, Drama directed by Jez Butterworth with Nicole Kidman, Vincent Cassel, Ben
Chaplin, Mathieu Kassovitz, Kate Lynn Evans, Stephen Mangan, Alexander
Armstrong, Sally Phillips.
Note:
Imdb 6.1 out of 10, 58% critic 40%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 3.4* out of 5* with 98 reviews.
Special
Note: The budget of this film was
$13 million and it grossed $16,171,098.
Kidman worked with someone at the Russian Embassy in Australia for help
speaking Russian.
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