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08/18/07
Broken English (2007)
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Reviews Counted:72
Fresh:47
Rotten:25
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Though Broken English eventually settles into basic rom-com territory, it’s pleasant and good-natured, and Parker Posey is spellbinding throughout the movie.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Known mainly for playing quirkily comic characters, Parker Posey shows she can tackle a serious role just as skillfully in Zoe Cassevetes's moving film. BROKEN ENGLISH stars Posey as Nora Wilder, a... [More]
Starring: Parker Posey, Melvil Poupaud, Drea de Matteo, Gena Rowlands
Director: Zoe Cassavetes
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08/18/07
Broken English doesn't break any code or offer original insights on the subject. But there's a spark whenever Posey and Poupaud are together, and Paris and Manhattan glisten in the background.
07/06/07
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10/18/08
The filmmaking is forgettable, with an awkward script strewn with too many off-key notes.
06/21/07
Despite its schizophrenic nature and often disagreeable characteristics, Broken English has flashes of something. You might say it has an integrity of purpose, if not of execution.
06/21/07
Posey does what she can -- her distinctive style is always worth watching, even when her character has a trust fund and whines a lot -- but she has too big of a mountain to climb: writer/director Zoe Cassavetes' listless script and tedious direction.
07/12/07
a tired retread of Sex and the City, with all the same preoccupations and issues but with none of the fun
11/15/07
Parker Posey is game in 'Broken English,' although the limited conception of her giggly insecure Nora Wilder is too thin for ninety-six minutes.
08/02/07
The director doesn't have the confidence to veer too far from the norm. Her touchingly quirky screenplay eventually turns into a disappointingly conventional fairy tale.
06/22/07
Supposed to be a romantic comedy, but it's neither very romantic nor particularly funny.
07/09/07
The film is little more than a foundation for Parker Posey's usual fine performance, as the story lacks wit and narrative drive.
06/09/07
Casavetes tells her tale, but it's one we've already seen, and she doesn't bring much that's new or fresh to the narrative.
06/20/07
What began as an interesting character study ends in convention, offering only the most clichéd platitudes in summation. You can't find true love until you love yourself? Hasn't Dr. Phil been telling us that for years?
01/27/07
Basically a hipster's pastiche of every chick flick you've ever seen except with expert breeding, but it doesn't completely erase the feeling of déjà vu.
06/17/07
Ultimately, the film is proof that there was only one John Cassavetes, and that it's not as easy to escape clichés as he once made it look.
07/06/07
...neither the story nor the well-acted characters quite engage our interest or sympathy.
08/08/07
Ultimately, the only wisdom you leave with is the implausibly wise pocket philosophy gleaned from romantic strangers on the streets of an idealized France.
08/09/07
A run-of-the-mill indie chick-flick.
06/22/07
By the time Nora finally makes a decision about her romantic future, we've already moved on.
06/22/07
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