| Breaking the Girls | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Jamie Babbit |
| Written by | Mark Distefano Guinevere Turner |
| Produced by | Kirk D'Amico Andrea Sperling |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jeffrey Waldron |
| Edited by | Michael Darrow |
| Music by | Mateo Messina |
| Production company | Myriad Pictures |
| Distributed by | IFC Films |
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| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Breaking the Girls is a 2012 American crime thriller film directed by Jamie Babbit and starring Agnes Bruckner and Madeline Zima.
Plot
2 college women, Sara and Alex, make a twisted agreement after stress in their personal lives: they will kill each other's archenemies and never be suspected for the right murder, getting away with two crimes. As they grow closer, the tension between them turns sexual, and then to something deeper. However, when only one of the women goes through with it and begins to set the other up to be framed for murder, she realizes if she's going to stay out of jail, she's going to have to come up with a plot just as twisted of her own.
Cast
- Agnes Bruckner as Sara Ryan
- Madeline Zima as Alex Layton
- Shawn Ashmore as Eric Nolan
- Kate Levering as Nina Layton
- Shanna Collins as Brooke Potter
- Davenia McFadden as Detective Ross
- Tiya Sircar as Piper Sperling
- Melanie Mayron as Annie
- Manish Dayal as Tim
- Billy Mayo as Jones
- Sam Anderson as Professor Nolan
- John Stockwell as David Layton
Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 10% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 4.74/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Steven Boone of RogerEbert.com gave the film two and a half stars. Andrew Schenker of Slant Magazine gave the film one and a half stars out of four.
References
- Herrington, Nicole (25 July 2013). "Joking About Murder Can Have Consequences: 'Breaking the Girls,' a Thriller Stuffed Full of Twists". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- D'Angelo, Mike (25 July 2013). "Breaking The Girls". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- Harvey, Dennis (15 July 2013). "Film Review: 'Breaking the Girls'". Variety. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- DeFore, John (26 July 2013). "Breaking the Girls: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- "Breaking the Girls (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- "Breaking the Girls Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- Boone, Steven (26 July 2013). "Breaking the Girls". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- Schenker, Andrew (17 July 2013). "Breaking the Girls". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
External links
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