Breaking the Girls

Breaking the Girls delivers on style and intrigue, drawing clear inspiration from classic erotic thrillers while adding its own modern, psychological twist. The story is engaging, with twists that keep the viewer guessing, even if not all of them fully land.

The performances are decent, with a certain tension and chemistry between the leads that works well in the film's favor. The cinematography is sleek, and the mood is consistently moody and mysterious. However, the script could've used more polish-some of the dialogue feels forced, and the pacing dips at times.

Overall, it's a decent watch if you enjoy dark thrillers with manipulative characters and sexual tension. It may not break new ground, but it keeps you curious enough to stay until the end.

Occasionally, I see reviews for these movies that no one has heard about and I can't help but wonder if it wasn't people involved in the making of the movie that write them.

So, to counterbalance what I read that led me to watch the movie in the first place, I'll just say that this movie didn't do anything for me. The dialogue was forced and the story unfolded in the most boring manner.

There is no reason to identify with any of these characters. The ending was anticlimactic and the effort was average on everyone's part.

Low budget. Low entertainment value.

There is nothing more satisfying in a movie where there's an unforeseen twist in the tale. It changes your outlook on what occurred before, and befuddles your brain as you try to make sense of the new state of affairs. It may even make you want to watch the film again, to see if this reinterpretation of the material adds to the viewing experience.

Breaking The Girls, a really REALLY dumb film attempts three such tasks... and fails miserably with each one. Rather than have you gasping with admiration for how the director manages the process, here you'll be shaking your head with disbelief as how desperate he is to put some pseudo intellectualism onto this mess. Sorry, dude. No matter how much whipped cream you add... a turd is still a turd.

This is, after all, a film that believes a girl who's been straight all her life can become a lesbian overnight because of a bad break-up and losing her job. I don't think it quite works like that. As for the whole 'swap murders' plot as first introduced in that Hitchcock classic Strangers On A Train, here you'd THINK it would perform the function of being the main plot... but NOPE.

Instead we are 'treated' to an alphabet soup of boring conversations, scenes that go nowhere and people doing something smart one minute, and incredibly dumb the next. ALL the focus seems to be on these stupid twists... Which don't work, and lead to more questions than answers. And besides, seeing as how we have zero emotional investment in these bland, no-dimensional characters, what difference would they make, anyway? 4/10

This psychological thriller follows two college girls who makes a pact to kill each others enemies.

The summary of the Breaking The Girl doesn't imply all the twists and turns. It's a sexy, smart and interesting movie that keeps the audience captivated. Alex (Madeline Zima) is a rich collage chick with some, obvious, dubious character flaws. Sara (Agnes Bruckner) is the scholarship student from the other side of the track. There is some steaming hot scenes between the two and some plotting of murder. Does it sound familiar? It's, on paper, a rip-off of the Wild Things movie(s).

Although the similarities between them I must say that I enjoyed Breaking The Girls more. It's not only because I'm a huge fan of Zima or the director Jamie Babbitt. It's because the story is actually rather good. Where Wild Things is full of archetypes Breaking The Girls play around and, eventually, trick the viewer into believing they have the story figured out.

For those who are familiar with the thriller genre in general this movie might be a bit predictable at places. However, it's a nice and captivating film with great acting, directing, soundtrack and vision.

If you have girl problems I feel bad for you son ... Jay Z knew it ... I hope this does not age too badly (when are you reading this and do you understand what I am talking about?) ... well no pun intended either way, so here goes nothing ... well not nothing. Especially considering the sexual nature of the movie. Do not expect to see any nudity though - there are steamy scenes ... but nothing more. I am or was good with it - hope you are too.

The actresses make it worth it. The twists may be weird (especially in hindsight) and I am not sure if they totally work - logic wise. Anyway, you can have fun with this little romp .. let's call it that. This is not a break out ... or a break in as the title suggest... it may break a soul or two (am I talking characters or viewers? Well you'll be the judge - which you kind of have to - morally and otherwise speaking ... and again no pun intended)