A thirtysomething bank clerk from St Albans has his small-town life exploded by the arrival of his Russian mail-order bride.
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| Nicole Kidman | ... | Sophia, alias Nadia | |
| Ben Chaplin | ... | John | |
| Vincent Cassel | ... | Alexei | |
| Mathieu Kassovitz | ... | Yuri | |
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Kate Lynn Evans | ... | Clare (as Kate Evans) |
| Stephen Mangan | ... | Bank Manager | |
| Alexander Armstrong | ... | Robert Moseley (as Xander Armstrong) | |
| Sally Phillips | ... | Karen | |
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Jo McInnes | ... | Waitress |
| Ben Miller | ... | Concierge | |
| Jonathan Aris | ... | D.I. O'Fetiger | |
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Katya Barton-Chapple | ... | Young Sophia |
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Rebecca Clarke | ... | Bank Colleague |
| Mark Gatiss | ... | Porter | |
| Raj Ghatak | ... | Bank Colleague | |
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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. Written by Anna <dimenxia@yahoo.com>
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Release Date:
1 February 2002 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$13,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$2,370,809, 3 February 2002Gross USA:
$5,142,576Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Written by John Shakespeare (as John Carter) and Ken Lewis
Performed by The The Ivy League
Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group
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When John knocks out Alexei with the guitar it clearly misses by quite some distance and doesn't break. See more »Soundtracks
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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.