Writer-director Sean Ellis is influenced by M. Night Shyamalan, and manages an approximation of both Shyamalan’s habitual look and whispery melodramatics.
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01/30/09
The Broken (2009)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:2
Rotten:4
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: A British chiller lacking in strongly drawn characters, The Broken feels unfinished and undercooked.
Rated: 15
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:30-01-2009
Synopsis: Lena Headey (TV's TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES) stars in this disturbing horror film as a woman who glimpses someone who looks just like her. In her search for answers, she comes to the... [More]
Starring: Lena Headey, Richard Jenkins, Ulrich Thomsen, Asier Newman
Director: Sean Ellis
Reviews for The Broken
1 - 6 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticFleeting pleasures are undermined by an inane, directionless narrative, barely-even-one-dimensional characters and an overall sense of superficiality.
01/30/09
Top CriticThis chilling moodpiece is both psychological thriller and ghost story, with each holding up a mirror to how the other half lives.
01/30/09
Top CriticThe tedium is almost as annoying as the sound effects.
01/30/09
Top CriticThe Brøken is interesting and confident in some ways, though laden down with unfinished moods, images, ideas - and a few scary-movie cliches. It looks like a short film pumped up to feature length.
01/30/09
Top CriticPompous and dour attempt at a psychological horror movie.
01/30/09
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