Breaking All the Rules

I saw this movie 13 years ago and ever since it has had very sentimental value to me.

Apart from a quite nicely planned plot, with everything falling nicely into place, if you are a fellow 80's fanatic, this movie has got to appeal to you. The fashion throughout the movie is unmistakably 80's! Especially Debbie!

The small romantic element is so endearing, with a little bit of suspense and quite a few funny moments throughout the movie, make this really a fun movie to watch, with the nostalgia of it all, you just have to like Jack, David, Debbie and Angie's interesting day at "Fun Park"!

Ok, so this movie is no high-budget dreamboat, but the fun and originality of it, more than makes up for it.

I'll admit I'm quite biased when it comes to anything that's got 80's in it, so I'm the first to admit that an 80's sceptic won't be impressed with this movie, but you won't know for sure until you try!

Watch this one, and have fun, or be disgusted but do watch it!

I loved this movie when I was younger. I haven't seen it in years, but would love to see it again. I was hoping it would come out on DVD. I loved Carolyn Dunn and her cool hair! And the lead guys were so hot especially Thor Bishopric. Anyone who lives for amusement parks and craves that one last day of freedom before school starts should check this movie out. I have never seen any of the actors in other movies so I don't know if anyone else knows who they are, but the acting was fairly good for such a low budget movie. I didn't like the so-called bad guys in the film, but they did add some comic relief. I also liked the final scene when they played the classic 80's hit "Let the Music Play" by Shannon.

You could just pass this off, as another 80's teen T and A Porky's type movie of straight to video status, but boy, you're in for surprise, if you give this one a chance. The movie, not badly made, mind you, is a lot of fun, like the fun park, our young good looking foursome end up at. Truth: part of the film's magic, rests in the head actor's shoes, that of Carl Marrotte as Jack. He has such great, winning personality and irresistible charm, you'd almost want to meet the real actor in a person, or watch him in other movies. Working as a cleaner at a local amusement park, with no time to sleep and one more day of freedom, before high school kicks back in (God, how times have changed where teens were played by older looking actors) he coaxes his best friend to come with him, yeah, back to the amusement park, where on the way, they fall for two hotties, first not really matching. They do a preferred swap, a roller coaster ride/feeling up scene, earlier on in the peace you could say it's titilating, if one sided. Prior, these three, well two, if you want to get more technical, brainless dolts, thieves rip off a diamond, where the other one of higher IQ, but still really pathetic, stashes the diamond, in one of these teddy bears, which Jack's friend David wins it after having a game, with his new found love. Even the thieving characters are so much fun, larger than life buffoons, who prove no much for our young likable four, who you actually get to know and really care. Another hit, is the title song. BTR is one of those overlooked films, a jewel in the rough, if you pardon the pun. Both girls are such cuties, Angie, the cuter one, even offers us an open CU t and A shot, as she frankly checks herself out. You question was that image really necessary? I think "Yes". Fun from start to finish, a cute little, sexy dream, sequence of better days for Jack, opens the film. One qualm. Why didn't the thieves just run off later with the diamond while taking refuge in one the stars, instead of hiding it inside the t.v? Well, we wouldn't have a movie, or such a fun and entertaining film that exists, back in ol' 85.

My brother and I were extras in this movie when it was filmed in 1984. I have a cousin, Andrea Kenyon, who is a casting director. She's on IMDb if you look her up. She got us in when we were visiting that summer.

For the person who was wondering, the amusement park is La Ronde in Montreal. It is still going strong today. It is on Ile St. Helene, a small island between the island of Montreal and the mainland. The island was originally the site of Expo '67 which Montreal hosted.

The movie was originally going to be called 'Fun Park'. I still have yet to see it! Maybe that's for the better?! If anyone knows where I can find it, please let me know.

The events of "Breaking All The Rules" almost all take place at a place called Fun Park, but there is absolutely no fun to be found in this dismal Canadian comedy. I was able to forgive the movie for its unanswered questions like why a valuable gem is being exhibited in a third rate amusement park, but not for much else. There are plenty of attempts at humor, and while some are *almost* funny (such as the scene taking place in the bus), in the end *none* of the attempts at humor actually work. The cast seems to know they are in an utter bomb, because their performances come across as labored and with no sense of having any fun. In fact, the director seems to be feeling the same way as his poor actors, because the energy level is woefully low and there is absolutely no feeling of enthusiasm or passion. The icing on the cake is the cheap feeling of the entire enterprise, from the shabby production values to the grating songs on the soundtrack. The Canadian government actually provided funding for this movie, and while I normally like it when the government takes a break from funding boring and pretentious art films as it usually does for something more commercial, in the end this so-called commercial film is almost as tough to sit through as those painful art films.