| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 20, 2008

Broken English surprised me all around: I didn't expect to be particularly impressed with it, and instead it turns out to be not only one of my favorite films I've see this year, but it will probably earn a spot in the all-time annals for me.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 22, 2008

How Posey's neurotic, self-destructive heroine finds her way to healing is the core of this generous film, whose moral is that happiness can't begin unless you're open to its possibility.

| Jan 3, 2008

Posey's admirers will experience a sensual intoxication that fans always experience when their film goddesses are at their very best.

| Nov 22, 2007

This isn't the best independent film we've seen starring Miss Posey, but she is the reason this one works.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 21, 2007

a tired retread of Sex and the City, with all the same preoccupations and issues but with none of the fun

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 15, 2007

Edgy girl-meets-boy indie for older teens and up.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 22, 2007

When Nora decides to take yet another risk against her better judgment, the film leaves to you to judge it as quixotic, vexing, or fitting.

Full Review | Aug 16, 2007

You might be a little surprised or at least amused when the caustic, tired, joyous, frantic roller coaster stops.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 10, 2007

Ultimately, the only wisdom you leave with is the implausibly wise pocket philosophy gleaned from romantic strangers on the streets of an idealized France.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 9, 2007

...neither the story nor the well-acted characters quite engage our interest or sympathy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2007

...eventually jumps the shark by failing to consider a major character's professional competence

| Original Score: 81/100 | Aug 3, 2007

Parker Posey is game in 'Broken English,' although the limited conception of her giggly insecure Nora Wilder is too thin for ninety-six minutes.

| Aug 2, 2007

Posey gives a committed performance, and Justin Theroux is good as an overindulged movie star. But almost nothing that's said or done here is convincing. And the energy is set at near-coma level.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Jul 27, 2007

Filmmaking is a family affair for the Cassavetes, and Zoe inherits the unpretentious, performance-driven style from her father, John, while delivering a love story that's accessible enough for mainstream audiences, a trick learned from her brother Nick.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 27, 2007

Zoe Cassavetes' new film Broken English is a delight, and as a debut film shows that we can expect good things from her.

| Original Score: A | Jul 22, 2007

Cassavetes supplies no easy answers or easy laughs, forgoing romantic-comedy beats in respect for Nora's desperation. Call this confection a romantic-dramedy with humor on wry.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 20, 2007

It's pretty clear where this is going from the first frame, though Posey's performance does keep you interested.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 20, 2007

Broken English establishes a sympathetic character, gets Parker Posey to make her real, and then grinds her in the gears of a plot we cannot believe.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 20, 2007

[Cassavetes] treats cliches as fodder for comedy and nuances as the mainstays of a deeper, more beguiling sexual humor. What's engaging about this movie is that all the conventional trysts become low-key nightmare farce.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jul 20, 2007