Broken English

2007 | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Europe, France, Paris, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

Since college, Nora hasn't had much luck with men. Now in her 30s, she works in a NYC hotel going nowhere. That is, until she meets Julien.

Scores

Overall Score
55.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
51.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
54.6%
Review Aggregate
63.5

Critic Consensus

65.2% Fresh • 69 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 65% of 69 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, character-driven. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

romanticthin plotcharacter-drivenfunnystylizedlightheartedcoming of agefamily-friendlyvisually strikingemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Parker Posey2007$104,000$158,000(est)
Melvil Poupaud2007$64,000$97,000(est)
Drea de Matteo2007$48,000$73,000(est)
Justin Theroux2007$40,000$60,000(est)
Peter Bogdanovich2007$34,000$51,000(est)
Gena Rowlands2007$30,000$45,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score65.0
RT critic review count71
Rotten Tomatoes audience score62.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes7,382

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2007$956,919$1,448,073
International2007$987,231$1,493,943
Worldwide2007$1,944,150$2,942,016

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2007$873,352$1,321,614
Digital Rentals ?2007$493,000$746,040
Digital Purchases ?2007$184,000$278,441
Physical Rentals ?2007$8,485,000$12,840,061
Physical Purchases ?2007$19,065,000$28,850,413
TV & Streaming Revenue2007$382,768$579,229
Total Revenues2007$29,483,120$44,615,798
Expenses
Budget ?2007$2,000,000$3,026,532
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2007$1,555,000 (est)$2,353,128 (est)
Participations2007$1,179,000$1,784,140
Residuals ?2007$2,074,000$3,138,513
Interest & Overhead2007$400,000$605,306
Total Expenses2007$7,208,000$10,907,620
Movie Net Profit or Loss2007$22,275,120$33,708,178

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