Breaking the Rules (film)

Breaking the Rules is a 1992 American drama film directed by Neal Israel, executive produced by Larry A. Thompson,[1] starring Jason Bateman, C. Thomas Howell, Jonathan Silverman and Annie Potts. Jason's father, Kent Bateman, has a role in the movie as well.

Breaking the Rules
Directed byNeal Israel
Produced byKent Bateman
Jonathan D. Krane
Written byPaul W. Shapiro
StarringJason Bateman
C. Thomas Howell
Jonathan Silverman
Annie Potts
Music byDavid Kitay
CinematographyJames Hayman
Edited byTom Walls
Production
company
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release date
  • October 9, 1992 (1992-10-09)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$52,285

Plot

Phil (Jason Bateman) is a cancer-stricken man who tricks his two best friends, Gene (C. Thomas Howell) and Rob (Jonathan Silverman), whom he hasn't seen in a long time, to go on a road trip, by inviting them to a fake engagement party. This has the potential for problems because Gene once stole Rob's girlfriend. Phil gets them to be friends again. He tells them of his illness and all three decide to go to Los Angeles for Phil's dying wish: to be a contestant on Jeopardy! On the way there they meet an attractive wild woman with a heart of gold (Annie Potts).

Cast

Reception

Roger Ebert savaged the film in his contemporary review, damning its inauthentic script wherein "one appalling scene follows another". In an exasperated tone, he asked: "Was there no one to cry out, Stop this madness? No one to read the script and see that it was without sense or sensibility? No one to listen to the dialogue and observe that nobody in the world ever talked like this?"[2]

References

  1. "Breaking the Rules (1992) (TV) - Full cast and crew". Imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  2. Ebert, Roger (October 9, 1992). "Breaking the Rules". Rogerebert.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
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