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      Breakin' All the Rules

      2004, Romance/Comedy, 1h 25m

      87 Reviews 10,000+ Ratings

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      This formulaic screwball comedy is weighed down by a contrived, overly complicated plot. Read critic reviews

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      Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx) has been having a tough time. After being abruptly dumped by his fiancée (Bianca Lawson), he decides to quit his job as an editor. Remarkably, Quincy manages to turn things around when he pens a book about ending relationships. While the book leaps to best-seller status, it gets him into trouble, particularly after his cousin Evan (Morris Chestnut) gets inspired to leave his beautiful girlfriend, Nicky (Gabrielle Union), who later falls for Quincy.

      • Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Humor|Language|Sexual Material)

      • Genre: Romance, Comedy

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Daniel Taplitz

      • Producer: Lisa Tornell

      • Writer: Daniel Taplitz

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $11.8M

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      • Distributor: Screen Gems

      • Production Co: Screen Gems, Breakup Productions

      • Sound Mix: DTS, Surround, Dolby SRD, SDDS

      • Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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      • Feb 15, 2010
        Jamie Foxx and Gabrielle Union headline a very funny romantic company. The chemistry between these two is genuine. "Breakin' All The Rules" is a film about mistaken identities gone wild. While the relationship between Foxx and Union is predictable...how the other relationships turn out are not...making you stick around until the end. The movie doesn't waste time...starting out with Foxx's character Quincy getting dumped by his girlfriend. Quincy then writes a successful how-to book on breaking up and that sets off a chain reaction that will keep you in your seat until the end.
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      • Apr 17, 2008
        A romantic comedy with good looking leads (Foxx, Union, Chestnut, Esposito, and Lawson), some farcical complications involving relationship break-ups, but not very intelligently written.
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      • Jan 26, 2008
        The story is half decent, although I think a lot of these films, waste time on film which is just modelling shots. So they found it tough to fit the rest of the story in. But it works, no complaints. Funny !
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      • Aug 12, 2007
        Another title killer f off
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