Brokedown Palace

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Brokedown Palace

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Brokedown Palace

Bill Pullman, Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Lou Diamond Phillips

Alice (Claire Danes) and Darlene (Kate Beckinsale) are best friends on their post-high-school whirlwind vacation. Telling their parents they're off for Hawaii, they head instead to Thailand, where the...( read more  read more... )y stay at a $6-a-night dive and sneak drinks at a posh hotel. They both fall sway to the charms of a handsome Australian (Daniel Lapaine), who invites them to Hong Kong. Off they go, although unbeknownst to them (or is it? this question is never fully answered), one of them has heroin in her backpack. Sentenced to 33 years in a Thai jail, they find their friendship begins to deteriorate as their trust in each other fades. They enlist the help of Yankee Hank (Bill Pullman), a greedy but knowledgeable American lawyer living in Asia.

The main flaws of this film are the capital-L lessons: friendship is powerful, don't trust strangers, nice girls shouldn't drink and sleep around. The film's bleakest moments, in the jail, aren't all that bad, and in this respect Brokedown Palace has nothing on the intensity of films such as Midnight Express or even Return to Paradise. Yet Danes and Beckinsale prove they are strong actresses, and their characters' friendship is suitably complex and believable. --Jenny Brown

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  • AgentLexi2132
    August 12, 2007
    AgentLexi2132
    ....................beautiful, yet flawed.....................
  • Deano78
    July 1, 2007
    Deano78
    A very good film based on true events. Great performances from both actressess. Has a made for TV feel to it but the story is good and well told. One of those films you never heard of before that turns out to be very good. Cool soundtrack to.
  • cartersimo
    January 5, 2007
    cartersimo
    thought it was a good movie
  • dreamfaeries
    November 7, 2006
    dreamfaeries
    Wonderful roles by Beckinsale and Danes.
  • DrStrangeblog
    December 8, 2009
    DrStrangeblog
    If you've seen one girls-in-foreign-country-planted-with-drugs-and-thrown-in-prison movie, you've seen 'em all. Problem is that while most of those predecessors are nudie shlockfests, this one wants to be taken seriously.
  • jam233
    November 11, 2009
    jam233
    Interesting story, fine performances throughout. I never lost interest in the film, but there are a few slow moving patches. Good cinematography. It?s never fully convincing, but it?s still good storytelling.
  • SFG71
    September 5, 2009
    SFG71
    "What is your dream? How far would you go? Who could you trust? "
  • terris85017
    July 23, 2009
    terris85017
    (1999 Director: Jonathan Kaplan)
  • weedbut
    July 17, 2009
    weedbut
    Put me off going to thailand
  • dotgirl14
    July 8, 2009
    dotgirl14
    want to see again... its been a while since ive seen it
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