Broken English

to say i enjoyed broken English would be an understatement. this movie struck home with me like few others. a bit slow for your average audience, i found it was wonderfully acted, awkward, painful, poignant, sad, realistic, and thankfully not... Full review

Zoe Cassavetes' "Broken English" is a comedy/drama about an attractive young woman who, through her neuroticism and emotional insecurities, keeps sabotaging her own happiness. Even though she works as a manager and troubleshooter at a trendy Manhattan hotel, Nora Wilder... Full review

I was interested in this film due to the mostly positive reviews, a story line that interested me, and having the opportunity to see Parker Posey, who for some reason has an intensely strong cult following, but is unable (or... Full review

Very nice story, great cast. Parker Posey created a great character, as always. A feel-good romantic plot left me with a warm and fuzzy feeling. I'd recommend it for a stay-in girls night with a glass of wine.... Full review

A mediocre exercise in telling the story of a lonely young girl in New York, Broken English plays like a modern day John Cassavetes film, no doubt because the director is Cassavetes daughter Zoe. Not only directing, she is also the... Full review

This movie was understated and may seem slow to some, but if you are able to understand the subtlety of Parker Posey's facial expressions, will you understand the journey of the movie. The French actor did a remarkable job at... Full review

I like Parker Posey, she is obviously a talented actress and (I like to fantasize) chooses a lot of roles in indie films. This movie is obviously something that meant a lot to the writer/director, because it is both detailed... Full review

This is the first movie in several years that has touched me the way this movie has. I could identify with Parker Posey's character, except for when it comes to the booze and smoking. Nora's life, like the movie, was mundane... Full review

I have to reiterate the comment that if you like Parker Posey, you'll like this film. This is the first time I've seen Posey in such a role and I think she did pretty good. The nice looking French man helped,... Full review

BROKEN English has so many of the elements of films that are becoming difficult to find these days - superb intelligent script, a story that is frankly what it is instead of an overdone parody of itself, a director who... Full review

Broken English is a likable but wan romance between a lonely, done-with-dating New Yorker and the handsome Her mom (Gena Rowlands) has remarried, apparently well (Peter Bogdanovich plays the step-dad). ... Full Review

You might be a little surprised or at least amused when the caustic, tired, joyous, frantic roller coaster stops. The plot may not exactly blow you away with its inventiveness. ... Full Review

Her beautifully funny and sad first film, "Broken English," stars Parker Posey as a desperately lonely New Yorker who stumbles into an ill-advised liaison with a Hollywood star (Justin Theroux), endures blind dates set up by her kvetching mom (one Ms. Rowlands), and meets a cute, sensitive French guy (Melvil Poupaud) who may or may not be Monsieur Right. ... Full Review

as special services director for a boutique hotel, she's always looking after someone else's urgent or trivial need.....But Zoe Cassavetes' film makes even this predictable turn seem slightly odd, even "refreshing..... ... Full Review

Zoe Cassavetes film "Broken English" is honest and thought-inducing entertainment.....The narrative finds it way to conclusion without force or pretense.....truly happy in a film....wonders what films of substance will find her as she is forced to abandon playing thirty somethings....The ubiquitous Parker Posey plays sardonic and depressed better than anyone..... ... Full Review

Parker Posey has gotten into a rut playing broad caricatures, especially in Christopher Guest's semi-improvised "mockumentaries." So it is somewhat refreshing to see her playing a flesh-and-blood role in "Broken English." ... Full Article

I must be a glutton for punishment for writing one of these columns so soon after the near-debacle of the last one, but I've caught up with a few things in the last week worth praising. ... Full Article

After a life of bad relationships and a stomach coated with alcohol and pills, Nora ( Parker Posey ) worries that something may be wrong with her. ... Full Article

It's not only the title Broken English , Zoe Cassavetes' wistful story of a single who longs to be coupled, that alludes to Lost in Translation by her best bud Sofia Coppola. ... Full Article

Note: This film can't be reviewed without spoilers right from the get-go, so fair warning.There are about a billion movies released each year, and even someone like myself, whose business is movies, can't see them all. ... Full Article

The low-key comedy "Broken English," about a romance-scarred professional woman named Nora Wilder ( Parker Posey ) who invigorates her life with help from a handsome, sensitive, fedora-clad Frenchman ( Melvil Poupaud ), is a textbook example of an Indiewood... ... Full Article