Broken (2012)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Duration: 91 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Rufus Norris
Stars: Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy and Eloise Laurence
IMDb score:
7,2 (15.709)
Releasedate: 22 August 2012
Broken plot
Skunk is 11, has diabetes and is a pretty cool teen. Summer vacation has just begun and her days are filled with hope. Until Mr. Oswald, the ugly man who lives across the street, beats up her sweet but unstable boy next door Rick after his daughter accuses the boy of rape. With one blow, Skunk's innocence is swept away. Her home, her neighborhood, her school have all become treacherous environments where the happy certainties of youth give way to fear-filled doubt, and a complex, broken world fills her future.
Actors and actresses
Archie
Skunk
Mike Kiernan
Kasia
Rick Buckley
Bob Oswald
Susan Oswald
Jed
Mr. Buckley
Mrs. Buckley
Reviews & comments
N00dles
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- 627 messages
- 2302 votes
Beautiful drama with some lightness here and there, but above all an unmissable dark underside, which gradually floats to the top.
It is set in a small residential area in London, centered on 3 families whose lives intersect. The film considers this from the perspective of 11-year-old Skunk, who grows up in the midst of it all and becomes increasingly involved with what is happening on her street.
At the end the unfavorable circumstances pile up so high that it becomes a bit too much. The film focuses on maximum emotional impact and reminded me of Murphy's Law: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong". It didn't leave me untouched, but it could have been a little less tearjerker.
I found the final scene in the church a somewhat clichéd, cheesy metaphor for choosing between life and death, similar to the finale of Lost.
Still, I think the film is generally very successful, especially because of the engaging acting of the debuting Eloise Laurence and the rest of the cast.
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JDSsmetje
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- 6568 messages
- 2312 votes
"It's a disaster!", calls the mayor from Samson & Gert once. And so will Daniel Clay when he sees what happened to his story. Broken is a textbook example of how to ruin an excellent screenplay.
For director Rufus Norris, the search for the right tone is unfortunately never found. Unbelievable how the man can cram three storylines and so many scenes into ninety minutes. It really can't go fast enough. The scenes are cut very short, and put together very quickly without any form of tact. Norris doesn't build anything, and when a character has to walk five meters he throws a jump cut in between. All emotion and feeling disappears into nothingness. The film should have been an hour longer.
The camera work is also sloppy to say the least. One on a tripod, the other on the shoulder and a jerky image. I myself prefer the first option. In walking scenes, I think the cameramen walk along quietly, without realizing that the image moves up and down. Director Norris also likes to switch quickly and frequently from camera position during a certain scene. An image should never run for more than a few seconds. It all seemed very busy and fleeting. In addition, the soundtrack is terrible, and it is used at the wrong times.
Towards the end, the director seems to have found some peace of mind, and things improve cinematographically. Unfortunately it is then too late. That the girl still wakes up at the end, I thought it felt a bit strange. The young Eloise Laurence doesn't act too well either, but it's hard to blame her. Tim Roth also gets a slightly too banal role to be able to shine.
It is very unfortunate that the book did not fall into the hands of a capable director. There was a lot in this.
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sinterklaas
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- 11813 messages
- 3316 votes
Very special yet beautiful film...
We follow wallflower Skunk. A rebellious girl who cannot oversee the circumstances in the neighborhood where she lives. Especially when it comes to her neighbor and his three daughters. She witnesses the abuse of Rick... an insecure neighbor who is an idol to her. But the aggressive neighbor Oswald has different thoughts about this boy. From that moment on you can fill in what would have happened and whether Skunk had anything to do with this. Well... the police are there and Rick is allowed to go to the station.... but the rest is saved for later...
Because what I first thought was going to be a Jagten-like thing, where the rawness played the leading role, this has turned out to be something else. The film is raw, you can't ignore that, but also likes to spend its time on the life of Skunk, where we are presented with a beautiful coming of age with the accompanying things like the first love/kiss. The appropriate dreamy editing and music are used in which... with the heavy theme in the background... Broken still becomes a feel-good movie here and there. Nicely done, because in the end Skunk just wants to get on with playing and living instead of wasting her time on idiots like Mr. Oswald with his twisted daughters. But in the end the facts are unavoidable and the last bit hits twice as hard. Really well done.
I managed to hold back the tears at the end. Somehow I got used to this.
The director has managed to touch the viewer's sensitive points here and delivered a beautiful film. Also special to see Mr Orange here as a family man... but hey... Tim Roth also plays everything that is loose and stuck. For the rest, I think this is a job that I would not soon forget.
4.5*
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