Review of Brokedown Palace (1999) by Ashley R — 06 Oct 2006

Best movie about friendship I've ever seen.

This review of Brokedown Palace (1999) was written by Ashley R on 06 Oct 2006.

Brokedown Palace has generally received mixed reviews.

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A good gripping film that should've chose a genre and got stuck to it - it wanted to be drama and sometimes thriller…

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Director Jonathan Kaplan clearly has a feel for the material, but he's at the mercy of a pedestrian script by David Arata and producer Adam Fields…

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By Marah R (273) on 17 Nov 2014

Compelling story and very emotional performance by Claire Danes. Unfortunately, the film is very poorly directed and dull…

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By Alexander C (2,448) on 08 Nov 2012

Xenophobic. Better than the Hostel movies though, I'm sure…

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Kind of hard to care about anything that happens here…

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Sometimes, certain Critics rate movies according to their political leanings..I'm not sure what the hiccup was here, but they got it wrong..I…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 24 Oct 2012

We're stuck with contrived plot contortions, dull interpersonal interaction, and unconvincing dialogue…

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