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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Tom Butterworth (written by) &
Jez Butterworth (written by)
Release Date:
1 February 2002 (USA) more
Tagline:
Before They Share A Future, They Have To Survive Her Past. more
Plot:
A thirtysomething bank clerk from St Albans has his small-town life exploded by the arrival of his Russian mail-order bride. full summary | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
Nicole Kidman Buys New York Flat
(From WENN. 29 August 2002)
Nicole Stars In Advert For Spanish Store
(From WENN. 27 July 2002)
User Comments:
A good premise, but the overall film is just so-so... more (143 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Nicole Kidman | ... | Sophia, alias Nadia | |
| Ben Chaplin | ... | John | |
| Vincent Cassel | ... | Alexei | |
| Mathieu Kassovitz | ... | Yuri | |
| Kate Lynn Evans | ... | Clare (as Kate Evans) | |
| Stephen Mangan | ... | Bank Manager | |
| Alexander Armstrong | ... | Robert Moseley (as Xander Armstrong) | |
| Sally Phillips | ... | Karen | |
| Jo McInnes | ... | Waitress | |
| Ben Miller | ... | Concierge | |
| Jonathan Aris | ... | D.I. O'Fetiger | |
| Katya Barton-Chapple | ... | Young Sophia | |
| Rebecca Clarke | ... | Bank Colleague | |
| Mark Gatiss | ... | Porter | |
| Raj Ghatak | ... | Bank Colleague |
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality and language.
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Runtime:
93 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:12 | Peru:14 | Singapore:R(A) | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Philippines:R-18 | Finland:K-15 | Iceland:12
Filming Locations:
Ashridge Park, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK more
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No actor in the movie actually speaks Russian, nor does the director. more
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: Sophia lights a cigarette with a disposable lighter in the car as they leave the airport, but the sound is of the lid of a Zippo being flipped open. more
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References Gran Turismo (1998) (VG) more
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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.