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Broken (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 2  Rotten:14 Average Rating: 3.8/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Synopsis: Heather Graham stars as an aspiring musician in this tension-filled drama. Hope (Graham) has nearly given up her dream of fame and is living a quiet life as a waitress when an ex-boyfriend (Jeremy Sisto) shows up at the restaurant and begins to wreak havoc in her life.... Heather Graham stars as an aspiring musician in this tension-filled drama. Hope (Graham) has nearly given up her dream of fame and is living a quiet life as a waitress when an ex-boyfriend (Jeremy Sisto) shows up at the restaurant and begins to wreak havoc in her life. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Heather Graham, Jeremy Sisto, Tess Harper, Linda Hamilton, Michael Goorjian

Director: Alan White
Screenwriter: Drew Pillsbury
Producer: Jerry Wayne, Brian Etting
Composer: Jeehun Hwang

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 11, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • 5.1 Dolby Digital - English

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2/4

...a fairly tedious and thoroughly familiar portrait of drug abuse.

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11/17/07
David Nusair
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1/4

[The] script is so uneven that the result is like watching four different, equally bad, movies.

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11/12/07
Jessica Reaves
Chicago Tribune
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2/5

Broken has little of any great substance to add to the old truism that L.A. eats its young (especially those who just got off the bus from Ohio) and then picks its teeth with their hopes and dreams.

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11/12/07
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
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Despite good work by the two leads to put it back together again, Broken lives up to its title.

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10/31/07
Brian Tallerico
The Deadbolt
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3/4

Broken goes a bit heavy on the symbolism (naming the leads Hope and Will, for starters) and tries to stir up sympathy for characters who may not deserve it, but as cautionary tales go, it's worth a look.

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10/19/07
Gary Goldstein
Reel.com
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1.5/5

Broken is a pretentiously time-fragmented, tedious slog.

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10/19/07
Los Angeles Times
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2/4

'Why?' you may wonder as the end credits roll on director Alan White's Broken.

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10/19/07
Jim Emerson
Chicago Sun-Times
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D

Heather Graham's would-be singer-songwriter in Broken is a walking cliché in a film overstuffed with them.

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10/12/07
Scott Tobias
Onion AV Club
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2.5/5

Says nothing new in a familiar way.

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10/11/07
Mark Dujsik
UR Chicago Magazine
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2/4

Alan White's follow-up to Risk is still pretty entertaining, if not in the way he intended.

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10/05/07
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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0.5/4

Tiresome and turgid, Broken has nothing to say and says it slowly. Even the sex scenes are a bore.

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10/05/07
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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1.5/4

Ideas aren't enough to overcome a badly organized structure and often stilted acting.

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10/05/07
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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3/5

If Broken defies basic credibility, it is at least well acted.

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10/05/07
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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The only thing more tired than a tarted-up movie about junkie codependence starring attractive performers emoting junkie-like is a tarted-up movie about losers in an all-night diner. Broken combines both clichés.

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10/03/07
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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One begins to pity Graham for having walked into such a transparent booby trap.

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10/02/07
Ed Gonzalez
Village Voice
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A stagy piece that allows the audience to wonder how much is going on in the central character's drug-induced hallucinations and how much is real--No matter, though, since nothing is particularly dramatic or original.

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09/19/07
Harvey S. Karten
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