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Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:11
Rotten:16
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: This formulaic screwball comedy is weighed down by a contrived, overly complicated plot.
Theatrical Release:May 14, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $11,827,301
Synopsis: Things are looking bleak for Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY and BOOTY CALL). His company is firing people left and right and his heartless fiancée Helen (Bianca Lawson) has just taken... [More]
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Jennifer Esposito
Director: Daniel Taplitz
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Reviews for Breakin' All the Rules
Top Critic... this is basically just a sitcom.
05/17/04
Top CriticNo movie this stupid should need a plot synopsis this complicated.
05/14/04
Top CriticA movie that sags and drags under the weight of poor pacing, execrable writing and largely unlikable characters, including a leading man viewers can never really warm up to.
05/14/04
Top CriticA cleverly concocted hybrid of conventional romantic comedy and mistaken-identity farce.
05/14/04
Top CriticIf the movie were 10 minutes longer, the mix-ups might grind viewers down, but director Daniel Taplitz knows how to juggle the subplots he's given.
05/14/04
Top CriticIn many ways a throwback to the era of Doris Day and Jack Lemmon movies.
05/14/04
Top CriticWriter and director Daniel Taplitz piles on the convolutions in an overripe comedy of sitcom stock characters and bad jokes.
05/14/04
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05/14/04
Top CriticIn their scenes together, Foxx and Chestnut trade sly one-liners like front-line horn players in an intimate jazz club, while Union is given her best showcase yet for her comedic timing.
05/14/04
Top CriticFor all the labyrinthine liaisons, the plot is as predictable as a rainforest weather forecast. There are, however, enough bright ideas and zippy lines to keep things on the fresh side.
05/14/04
Top CriticFor the most part, Breakin' All the Rules feels like a Richard (Love Actually) Curtis film but without the inventiveness and wit.
05/14/04
Top CriticPacked with enough muddles and mixups to stock a French farce (or a middling UPN sitcom), Rules coasts amiably on without striking any real sparks.
05/14/04
Top CriticDelivers the goods in formulaic fashion, but enjoys an edge thanks to a fast-paced story and, more importantly, the casting of Foxx as the romantic lead.
05/14/04
Top CriticIn romantic comedy, it's all about the chemistry. Jamie Foxx and Gabrielle Union have just enough to make Breakin' All the Rules worth seeing.
05/14/04
Top CriticThe movie depends for its success on the likability of Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut and Gabrielle Union, and because they're funny and pleasant, we enjoy the ride even though the destination is preordained.
05/14/04
Top CriticAs date-night piffle goes ... it's thoroughly engaging.
05/14/04
Top CriticFoxx and an appealing ensemble ... plus a nice, light touch with the material by writer-director Daniel Taplitz, make for a generally pleasant diversion.
05/14/04
Top CriticJamie Foxx floats gracefully through this screwball sex comedy with a cocked eyebrow and the playful smirk of an overgrown adolescent.
05/13/04
Top CriticThe strain of sustaining its thin premise exhausts the film well before the final credits.
05/13/04
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