Birthday Girl

Intense and enjoyable, drama about a mother daughter vacation/cruise but still burdened with cliches that are wearing thin. Plus some unanswered questions due to lack of character development.

I also saw some questionable scripting that again followed the typical authority figure cliches, and a couple were on the face palming level of "What were they thinking" scale. And a couple of logistical and weather errors in regards to the cruise itself, but not to the point that one would allow them to diminish the quality of the movie.

The ending at least for me was appropriate considering the circumstance of the plot. Although it didn't come without a bit of hesitation in which I was hopeful that the director and writer would corn ball it, and they didn't.

6 out of 10.