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Breakin' All the Rules (2004)

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Reviews Counted:85

Fresh:28

Rotten:57

Average Rating:4.8/10

Consensus: This formulaic screwball comedy is weighed down by a contrived, overly complicated plot.

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Things are looking bleak for Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY and BOOTY CALL). His company is firing people left and right and his heartless fiancée Helen (Bianca Lawson) has just taken... Things are looking bleak for Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY and BOOTY CALL). His company is firing people left and right and his heartless fiancée Helen (Bianca Lawson) has just taken off for Paris with his best man. What else is there to do but sit around the house in an old bathrobe writing anguished letters to Helen that express just how bad he feels over how tactlessly she broke the news to him? His cousin Evan (Morris Chestnut, CONFIDENCE, HALF PAST DEAD) is a magazine publisher who convinces him to take the letters and turn them into an instructional book about how to scientifically and skillfully break up with someone. When the book hits the bestseller list, Quincy is suddenly regarded as an expert on the subject. Both Evan and Quincy's former boss Philip Gascon (Peter MacNicol of ALLY MACBEAL fame) enlist his help breaking things off with their girlfriends. Quincy even agrees to meet Evan's girlfriend Nicky (the lovely Gabrielle Union of BRING IT ON and DELIVER US FROM EVA) in his place, but Nicky recognizes him from a TV interview about his book and immediately suspects (correctly) foul play. So, she decides to play her own game by introducing herself to Quincy as someone else. BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES is a head-spinning yarn of mistaken identity that has everyone in the movie in a convoluted tailspin. It's a charming, clever, and complicated tale of love, sex, and romance. This comedy of errors has a lot going for it, including an up-to-the-minute hip-hop and R&B soundtrack with some cool Middle Eastern dance grooves and some old school tunes to boot. [More]

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Jennifer Esposito

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Jennifer Esposito, Peter MacNicol, Bianca Lawson, Jill Ritchie, Heather Headley

Director: Daniel Taplitz

Director: Daniel Taplitz
Screenwriter: Daniel Taplitz
Producer: Lisa Tornell
Composer: Marcus Miller
Studio: Screen Gems

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Mark Halverson

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 26 2006 03:17 AM

Combustible Celluloid

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3/5

Uri Lessing

...may be fluff, but it is patient, character-driven fluff.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 25 2005 02:36 PM

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Michael Szymanski

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 19 2004 10:16 PM

Zap2it.com

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2/4

Mark Collette

Digresses into that hazy zone where we're not sure if we're watching overwrought drama or a joke that just isn't funny.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 16 2004 02:10 PM

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

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Brian Orndorf

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 05 2004 08:26 AM

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Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 05 2004 08:26 AM

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2.5/4

Sean McBride

it's all very silly and highly unbelievable, but the five main leads are all having a good time.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 01 2004 02:09 PM

Sean the Movie Guy

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Thomas Delapa

With a little more polish, Daniel Taplitz’s quick-witted romantic comedy might have lived happily ever after.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 27 2004 01:44 PM

Boulder Weekly

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2/4

Vince Koehler

A good cast tries to rescue a bad script.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 25 2004 09:37 PM

Entertainment Spectrum

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2.5/4

Steve Rhodes

Breakin' All the Rules doesn't break any rules at all. It's just a by-the-numbers romantic comedy.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 22 2004 08:23 PM

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Boston Phoenix

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2/5

Marc Savlov

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Austin Chronicle

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2/4

Tony Toscano

...the comedy never tried to stretch beyond being common.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 20 2004 03:35 PM

Talking Pictures (U.S.)

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Jim Shelby

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Palo Alto Weekly

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Ken Hanke

Everybody involved in Breakin' All the Rules -- especially the audience -- deserves something more than this tedious excuse for a movie.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 19 2004 12:54 PM

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Linda Cook

All the performers deserve better than this.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 18 2004 10:49 PM

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

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Pete Croatto

sticks to the rules of too many lame sitcoms and unfunny comedies past, which the doomed actors follow like lemmings off a cliff

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 18 2004 10:36 PM

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MaryAnn Johanson

If one movie could prove once and for all that dating is a blight on humanity, this dismal, depressing flick could be it.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 18 2004 10:23 PM

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