Prepare for a birthday treat

The Beatles were wrong: you can buy love, if you’re willing to pay the price. Birthday Girl is the tale of mild-mannered bank clerk John (Ben Chaplin) who is too shy to meet the woman of his dreams.

Every night, he comes home to an empty house, cooks an unappetising meal for one, and lives vicariously through the internet. Desperate for a female companion, John resorts to buying a mail order bride from Russia.