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Review: Breakin' All the Rules (** 1/2)
BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES
A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2 BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES, by writer and director Daniel Taplitz, is an easy-going romantic comedy that goes down as smoothly as a glass of Scotch, the drink of choice of most of the story's likeable characters. Handsomely shot and respectably acted, the movie's main disappointment is that it never amounts to much. The story, which sometimes calls to mind a Shakespearean comedy in basic premise, involves three couples and several cases of mistaken identities that aren't fully revealed until the last act. As the story opens, Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx) is in the process of being dumped by Helen Sharp (Bianca Lawson), a girl whom he thought that he was going to marry. Quincy is a handsome guy with a disheveled appearance. Always awkwardly adjusting his ill-fitting clothes, Quincy is most notable for his haircut, which looks like it used to be a small Afro until he stuck his finger into an electrical socket. A writer by trade, the distraught Quincy pours himself into his work, producing a best-selling book called the "Breakin' Up Handbook" on how to end a relationship. Since Quincy is an expert, his publisher, Philip Gascon (Peter MacNicol), asks Quincy to help him in breaking up with his possessive girlfriend, Rita Monroe (Jennifer Esposito). Quincy is also asked by his best buddy, a hunk named Evan Fields (Morris Chestnut), to help in breaking up with his girlfriend, an equally gorgeous woman named Nicky Callas (Gabrielle Union). The confusion about who is who starts when Nicky cuts her hair short, which she says makes her look like "Halle Berry's Yorkshire Terrier." Going to meet the long-haired Nicky, Quincy, who doesn't recognize who she is, falls for her. Nicky figures out what is going on and introduces herself as Mary. Meanwhile back at Quincy's place, Rita comes by to see him, and Evan, who happens to be there at the time, ends up telling her that he is Quincy. And so on. As the game of musical relationships plays itself out, we are never bored yet never completely engaged either. By the time, the fairly short movie comes to its predictable conclusion, we find that we've been pleasantly entertained but never wowed. BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES doesn't break any rules at all. It's just a by-the-numbers romantic comedy. Wait for video. BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES runs 1:25. It is rated PG-13 for "sexual material/humor and language" and would be acceptable for kids around 11 and up. The film is playing in nationwide release now in the United States. In the Silicon Valley, it is showing at the AMC and the Century theaters. Web: http://www.InternetReviews.com Email: ************************************************** ********************* Want free reviews and weekly movie and video recommendations via Email? Just send me a letter with the word "subscribe" in the subject line. |
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