Breakaway (2011)
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36% of users liked it
(712 ratings)
Rajveer Singh is a 21 year old young man dreaming of a professional hockey career. We open with him dreaming of scoring a game winning goal, followed by a moment of bliss as beautiful girls surround him. Unquestionably, he has the talent to be an accomplished player, but faces many hurdles, the… More Rajveer Singh is a 21 year old young man dreaming of a professional hockey career. We open with him dreaming of scoring a game winning goal, followed by a moment of bliss as beautiful girls surround him. Unquestionably, he has the talent to be an accomplished player, but faces many hurdles, the biggest of which is himself. Unable to find a foothold in the game, Rajveer takes matters into his own hands by creating an all Indian hockey team (The Speedy Singhs), finding a coach and then bringing on his Uncle Sammy's trucking company as the team sponsor, doing all this behind his father's back. Breakway, full of love, color and fun brings to the life the coming of age of a young man and gives further insight into the immigrant family experience. It brings a clash of Bollywood entertainment to Canada's favorite sport. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Robert Lieberman
- Written By
- Jeff Schechter, Ajay Virmani
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Sep 30, 2011 Limited
- Studio
- Eros International
Critic Reviews
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Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail
With a script credited to five writers including its star Vinay Virmani, it is a movie that keeps skating madly off in different directions and desperately needs more coaching than director Robert Lieberman provides.
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star
[A] pleasant timewaster, which has a good cast but a not-so-good script.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety
There are no surprises here, with father-son crisis and reconciliation, scaled-down quasi-Bollywood production numbers and the climactic big game all arriving on cue.
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Kevin Williamson, Jam! Movies
The shakiest scenes in Breakaway, a hockey-meets-Bollywood mash-up about skating Sikh-Canadians, occur on the ice. Take that for what you will. The rest of this nimbly-paced but routinely-plotted sports fable is tolerably more entertaining.
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Cast
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Vinay Virmani
as Rajveer, Sikh-Canadian Man
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Russell Peters
as Sonu
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Anupam Kher
as Darvesh Singh
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Gurpreet Ghuggi
as Uncle Sammy
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Noureen DeWulf
as Reena
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Sakina Jaffrey
as Livleen Singh
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Rob Lowe
as Coach Dan Winters
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Camilla Belle
as Coach's Daughter, Melissa
- Akshay Kumar
- Aubrey Graham
- Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
