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The Birthday Gift

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A neatly curated children's birthday goes off the rails when an iffy gift and unruly guests launch world-view quarrels, family drama and amusing chaos.
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Christie Cronan Common Sense Media 1 day ago
3/5
This lively German birthday bash is fueled by nonstop slapstick, absurd circumstances, and one disastrous mishap after the other. Go to Full Review
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Joel B @jbene11008 2 days ago Fantastic Was most excellent to watch. Very well written movie. See more L J @Cracky 4 days ago Cute movie! See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A neatly curated children's birthday goes off the rails when an iffy gift and unruly guests launch world-view quarrels, family drama and amusing chaos.
Director
Vanessa Jopp
Screenwriter
Ben Brooks
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
A Season of Rain
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
German
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 30, 2026
Runtime
1h 26m
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