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Broken Bridges

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Broken Bridges (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 19

Fresh: 1

Rotten:18

Average Rating: 3.6/10

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some violent and sexual content, and teen drinking

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Sep 8, 2006 Limited

Box Office: $219,103

Synopsis: Broken Bridges is a bittersweet story of former high school sweethears, Bo Price (Toby Keith) and Angela Delton (Kelly Preston), who return home after the deaths of their younger brothers and are... Broken Bridges is a bittersweet story of former high school sweethears, Bo Price (Toby Keith) and Angela Delton (Kelly Preston), who return home after the deaths of their younger brothers and are forced to deal with the past and future. Keith plays a country music singer who has fallen from the spotlight. His life changes when he returns home and reunites with his true love and meets his 16-year-old daughter for the first time. The film marks Toby Keith's feature film debut in a starring role. [More]

Starring: Toby Keith, Lindsey Haun, Daniel Newman, BeBe Winans

Starring: Toby Keith, Lindsey Haun, Daniel Newman, BeBe Winans

Director: Steven Goldmann

Director: Steven Goldmann
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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The kind of trite material that seems better suited for the small screen than the big screen.

Full Review Source: FulvueDrive-in.com | comment Comment
04/01/07
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

An imperfect but emotionally true and often magnificently acted drama.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International

Soundtrack sales seem to be the main motivation behind this corny and cliched Southern melodrama that marks the film debut of country music star Toby Keith.

Full Review Source: Denton Record Chronicle (TX) | comment Comment
10/09/06
Todd Jorgenson
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

It feels about as sincere and insightful as a Schlitz-induced rendition of Achy-Breaky Heart.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/29/06
Collin Souter
eFilmCritic.com
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09/23/06
Ebert & Roeper
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Director Goldmann, who cut his teeth directing videos for Shania Twain and Faith Hill, never misses a chance to punch-up an emotional scene with a contrived, heart-melting music performance by one or more of his stars.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
09/23/06
Josh Rosenblatt
Austin Chronicle

It's obviously intended as a star vehicle, but Broken Bridges turns out to be a rattletrap jalopy for country music performer Toby Keith.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
09/22/06
Joe Leydon
Variety
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A limp, timeworn tale of a drunken has-been country star (Keith) and a TV reporter he had and lost (Kelly Preston) who meet again after returning home because of a tragedy.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
09/08/06
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

The Country Music Channel's first foray into feature filmmaking is sickly sweet and thoroughly predictable.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
09/08/06
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

When you can get just as good on the Hallmark network, why drive all the way to a theater?

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
09/08/06
Louis B. Parks
Houston Chronicle
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It would have served Keith better to pick a project that didn't accentuate a character who stumbles around an aimless plot with the same confusion of Bruce Banner coming down from one of his 'smash' moods.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/08/06
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

Broken Bridges is one of those movies where most scenes start with a character staring out over a pond, sitting on a porch, or looking at an old photograph, just waiting to reminisce with whoever sidles up next to them.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/08/06
Scott Tobias
AV Club

Strictly for fans of Keith, or drunk people with bemused contempt for same.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
09/08/06
Luke Y. Thompson
E! Online

Any viewer who can't predict the outcome of this modest flick must not be familiar with a certain genre to which it is indebted: the made-for-TV movie.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
09/08/06
Bobby Reed
Chicago Sun-Times
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The most uncritical, red-state fans of the ridiculously imposing country star will get exactly the sort of thinly plotted, poorly dialogued, feel-good flick they expect, while anyone else will wonder why this film deserved a green light.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
09/07/06
Jason Ferguson
Orlando Weekly

Keith remains as rigid as a bookcase.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
09/07/06
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

At every turn, Broken Bridges is filled with clichéd predictability.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
09/07/06
Mario Tarradell
Dallas Morning News
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Broken Bridges takes too many shortcuts and hits too many obvious notes.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
09/07/06
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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Broken Bridges feels scrapped-together, like something that might have premiered on the old Turner South network.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
09/07/06
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Terribly mawkish, like a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie. And not even a good TV movie.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
09/06/06
Frank Swietek
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