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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, January 31, 2002

Movie Openings

"Slackers": Not to be confused with Richard Linklater's 1991 movie "Slacker," in which the characters really did slack, this is about three college buddies who devise schemes to avoid tests and papers, when studying probably would have been easier. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16-Plex, Kahala 8-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Enchanted Lake Cinemas, Windward Stadium 10, Prince Kuhio Stadium Cinemas (Big Island), Makalapua Cinemas (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui), Lahaina Cinemas (Maui). (R).

"Birthday Girl": A lonely British bank teller (Ben Chaplin) orders a Russian mail-order bride (Nicole Kidman), who is not as advertised: She chain-smokes and speaks no English, but she has other skills that intrigue him, until her two "cousins" (Vincent Cassel and Mathieu Kassovitz) turn up. Opens tomorrow at Dole Cannery 18 Theatres, Ward Stadium 16-Plex, Koko Marina 8-Plex, Pearl Highlands 12, Pearlridge West 16-Plex, Kapolei 16-Plex, Mililani 14-Plex, Ko'olau 10-Plex, Windward Stadium 10, Keauhou 7-Plex (Big Island), Maui Mall Megaplex Cinemas (Maui). (R).