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Breakin All the Rules
2004
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Breakin All the Rules
Positive Reviews
11
Negative reviews
17
Average Rating
2.2
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2.0
Bright stars cant save this over plotted and under directed romantic comedy.The few good ideas and funny moments are outweighed by too many none of th ..
Common Sense Media
1.5
If anything, Mickey is too sweet for its own good, a good hearted tale of a perfect familial love that embraces baseball as much as blood relations.
Austin Chronicle
1.5
As it is, Breakin All the Rules breaks absolutely nothing, and even manages a few genuine laughs along the way.
3.8
Breakin All the Rules is not a comic masterpiece, but its entertaining and efficient, and provides a showcase for its stars.Its on the level of a good ..
Rogerebert
1.8
Maybe Taplitz was afraid it would be beneath everyones dignity to cut loose and really go for the laughs.
Eric Ds Nider
1.5
Breakin All the Rules doesnt break any rules at all. Its just a by the numbers romantic comedy.
Internet Reviews
3.1
The second half caves in to strained farce and cheap yuks, and the film really does look like it was shot through a burlap sack.As date night piffle g ..
Boston
1.0
Its hard to imagine Union feeling the need for that sort of validation.Then again, just about everybody involved in Breakin All the Rules especially t ..
Mountain X
2.8
With his big toothed grin, demonic flared eyeballs, and sculpted explosion of mini dreads, he could be a cross between Matt Damon and Cesar Romeros Jo ..
Ew
1.3
Writer and director Daniel Taplitz piles on the convolutions in an overripe comedy of sitcom stock characters and bad jokes.
Sf Gate
1.9
Spike Lee would have none of this nonsense.In the white washed Breakin All the Rules, Jamie Foxx is a privileged ad guy at Spoils book agency whose mo ..
Slant Magazine
1.5
Instead, viewers must rely on lame sight gags such as an incontinent pug, a randy old man and some painfully forced physical slapstick to indicate tha ..
Washington Post
1.0
Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 14, 2004; Page H01 CONTRARY to its name, Breakin All the Rules violates no regulations at least not according ..
Washington Post
3.0
It isnt the movies predictable sorting out of its elaborate plot mechanics that lends Breakin All the Rules a throwaway charm, but the urbane style th ..
The New York Times
2.5
How can viewers actively stake a claim in peoples lives if the film itself doesnt treat them with the respect and intelligence they deserve
The Movie Boy
2.8
Robin Clifford Laura Clifford Things seem to be going well for Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx).
Reeling Reviews
1.5
The ones about comedies being funny.Romantic movies being romantic
Flickfilosopher
3.1
Dont look for anything below the surface of this modern day comedy of errors; its frothy entertainment determined by happenstance and slapstick humori ..
Hollywood
2.8
Breakin All the Rules is full of sharp ideas and wry moments awaiting the inspired ingenuity of a screwball comedy to pull it all together.It never co ..
Seattle Pi
3.8
Advice in a Breakup Handbook, fuels shrewd genre buster that twists mistaken identities plot into quick witted humor Breakin All the Rules is a tart r ..
Spliced Wire
3.0
In many ways a throwback to the era of Doris Day and Jack Lemmon movies.
The Star
1.9
Instead, its a disturbingly conventional and painfully cliched bore that doesnt violate any existing cinematic rules, except maybe that romantic comed ..
Deseret News
2.5
Breakin All The Rules has moments when it is very good, but it doesnt maintain that high level throughout the movie.
Waffle Movies
2.5
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Freep
1.5
sticks to the rules of too many lame sitcoms and unfunny comedies past, which the doomed actors follow like lemmings off a cliff
Filmcritic.com
3.5
Snitch What lengths would you go to to protect your child.Snitch proves there is no limit.
Entertainment Spectrum
2.0
To his credit, Slocum handles the interracial aspects of the romance with a deft, matter of fact approach that is quite welcome.But The Last Place on ..
Kc Active
2.5
Before you can reach down for a fistful of popcorn, Quincys breakup book is a best seller.
Washington Times
1.5
With a little more polish, Daniel Taplitzs quick witted romantic comedy might have lived happily ever after.
Boulder Weekly
4.5
Foxx , Union, Chestnut and MacNicol deserve to be A list stars much more than any Tom (Cruise), Dick (Gere) or Halle (Berry).
Roanoke Times (Virginia)
0.5
Laden with misunderstandings, contrived situations, and terrible characterizations. Even Foxxs charisma cant save this one.
1.5
its all very silly and highly unbelievable, but the five main leads are all having a good time.
Sean the Movie Guy
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