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Broken English (2007)

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Movie Info


Genre

Comedy, Romance

Release Date

June 22, 2007 (Limited)

MPAA Rating

PG-13

Duration

93 min.

Production Budget

$2 millions

Studio

Magnolia Pictures

Official Site

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Critics Reviews :  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Reader's Reviews :  Be the 1st!

Cast and Crew


Director

Zoe R. Cassavetes

Producer

Andrew Fierberg, Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente, David Atlan Jackson

Screenwriter

Zoe R. Cassavetes

Starring

  • Parker Posey as Nora Wilder
  • Gena Rowlands
  • Jeanne Moreau
  • Drea de Matteo
  • Melvil Poupaud
  • Josh Hamilton

Movie Story


In a startling mature and nuanced performance, Parker Posey plays Nora Wilder, a thirty-something Manhattanite who is cynical about love and relationships, in this astute collaboration with first-time writer/director Zoe Cassavetes. Nora plugs away at her job in a posh downtown hotel and can't help but wonder what it is she has to do to find a relationship as ideal as her friend Audrey's (Drea De Matteo) "perfect marriage." It doesn’t help that her overbearing mother (Gena Rowlands) takes every opportunity to remind Nora that she's still unattached. After a series of disastrous first dates, she meets Julien (Melvil Poupaud), a seemingly devil-may-care Frenchman with a passion for living. Expecting another disastrous ending, Nora tries to avoid making the same mistakes. She finds herself in Paris looking to break old patterns. Inevitably, Nora has to look inward before she can find a new outlook on life and most importantly, love.

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MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..It's direct and heartfelt, if ultimately only partially satisfying..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
“..What began as an interesting character study ends in convention, offering only the most clich?d platitudes in summation..”
by Jamie Tipps [Film Threat]
“..smartly outlines the dilemma of the heart facing one lonely Manhattan single..”
by Pam Grady [Reel.com]