Bill Murray, Brea Frazier, Chloë Sevigny
The resolutely single Don has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don yet again resigns himself to being alone and left to his own devices. Instead, he is compelled to reflect on his past wh...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 3, 2006
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October 30, 2009Bill Murray is an older, former ladies' man who gets an anonymous letter in the mail one day that tells him he has a son from a fling 20 years ago. Unfortunately, he has no idea who sent it, so he narrows it down to 4 possible women and with the help of his Sherlock Holmes wannab...( read more)
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August 27, 2009The calibration of Bill Murray and Jim Jarmusch was always going to be good. They worked together briefly before in Coffee & Cigarettes, and I think it was clear from then on that they would end up working together on more projects and long may they continue. Broken Flowers isn't...( read more)
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December 6, 2008Memorable for its remarkable ability to bore. Slow even for Jarmusch, this plays like what it is: an attempt to cash in on Bill Murray's newly found ability (in Lost in Translation) to play middle age malaise to perfection. There isn't much of a story, and I can't care about Murr...( read more)
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November 1, 2008Broken Flowers is such a fantastically well-written movie, at least if you forgive it a couple of excesses, like the constant Don Juan references and the young girl who attempts to seduce Bill Murray named Lolita of all things. They're very out-of-place in a screenplay that is ot...( read more)
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November 6, 2009The films of Jim Jarmusch are offbeat and quirky. This film continues that tradition. It also continues a recent trend of Bill Murray playing a sad sack character who is miserable and a mess, much like Jack Nicholson's character in About Schmidt. This film is a good one, and, whi...( read more)
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November 1, 2009fuck pretentious amateur ugly boring stupid pretentious fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
Critic Reviews
August 5, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
August 5, 2005
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
The pace of "Broken Flowers" is slow, but Jarmusch treats us to an almost dizzying array of vivid, unexpected details. full review
August 5, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The movie doesn't come to a definitive point or make an explicit, but the movie does illustrate, in a penetrating way, the sadness of going through life emotionally disconnected. full review
August 5, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate
Broken Flowers is Jarmusch's most conventionally entertaining film, but it's still visually rigorous, swimming in pregnant silences, and un-filled-in in a way that's tantalizing. full review
August 4, 2005
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
Can there be such a thing as too much a good thing? full review
August 4, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
With Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch's sly, touching new film, Bill Murray reaffirms his status as the quietest comic actor in movies today. full review
August 4, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Long on atmosphere, light on dialogue and courageously willing to leave its puzzles unresolved. full review
August 4, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
No actor is better than Bill Murray as doing nothing at all, and being fascinating while not doing it. full review
July 28, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The mix of humor and heartbreak brings out the best in Murray. full review
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July 25, 2009Sorry to all of the haters of this movie BUT I ACTUALLY LOVED THIS MOVIE ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! So take your crappy thoughts about this movie and flush them down the toilet with you. I like this movie ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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June 22, 2008The begining was quite boring and the end very abrupt, but apart from that it is an okay film. The middle was quite good, and could be funny at times
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June 13, 2006Why doesn't this movie get the props it deserves? Damn you people... Damn you all to Hell. Mainly because Michigan is a frightening place. Furthermore, it is a place that anyone who doesn't like this movie deserves to rot at.
Rot... Rot in Hell, Michigan.
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