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Drea de Matteo, Gena Rowlands, Josh Hamilton, Justin Theroux, Melvil Poupaud
Nora Wilder is a thirty-something Manhattanite who is cynical about love and relationships. Nora plugs away at her job in a posh downtown hotel and can't help but wonder what it is she has to do to fi...( read more
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Id: 10889360
I hesitate to call this a "romantic comedy" as the acting is far too solid to justify the stigma that (in my mind) comes with that moniker, even though the story line itself is predictable enough to warrant that categorization.
It is in fact very romantic, in a pretty realisti...( read more)
Man I was conned. This is a letdown. Half-arsed substance is no substance at all.
A clever and very feminine crosscultural romance, that examines societal and family pressures on women. More towards latent-depression drama and away from typical rom-com situation gags (the humor is more offhand and dark), which honestly makes it seem truer to life, although not...( read more)
Broken English is a cute, though sometimes disjointed and slow paced, romantic comedy about a neurotic thirty-something female who has not found that special someone to love. This film is quirky and only those unmarried females over thirty or those who didn't marry until they we...( read more)
When you turn 30-something do you still dare to travel to a city like a stranger where you do not really speak the local tongue and seek for love? and especially you are desperate to get married? I enjoy this film, it is so much about life and sometimes, have faith in yourself.
Parker Posey is always a joy to watch, whether is comedy or something more serious. "Broken English" falls somewhere in between, but I wouldn't call it a romantic comedy, that really insults the loneliness and emotional difficulty that Nora struggles with. Loneliness that she wea...( read more)
A little disappointed in this...certainly not bad, but nothing too special either
