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The Broken

Play trailer Poster for The Broken R,  2009,  1h 28m,  Horror/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 47% 32 Reviews Tomatometer 25% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
47% Tomatometer 32 Reviews 25% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Gina follows someone impersonating her and discovers her friends and family are involved.
The Broken

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Critics Consensus

A British chiller lacking in strongly drawn characters, The Broken feels unfinished and undercooked.

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Anton Bitel Little White Lies Dec 1, 2010
The Brøken may offer a somewhat derivative resolution, but it gets there via an aptly fractured narrative, intertwining two radically different kinds of story type to disorienting effect. Go to Full Review
Kim Newman Empire Magazine Jan 30, 2009
3/5
Writer-director Sean Ellis is influenced by M. Night Shyamalan, and manages an approximation of both Shyamalan's habitual look and whispery melodramatics. Go to Full Review
James Christopher The Times (UK) Jan 30, 2009
1/5
The tedium is almost as annoying as the sound effects. Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 9, 2025
4/5
A clever premise and compelling cast go a long way in indie horror. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews May 21, 2017
2.5/4
An ambitious yet not-entirely-successful endeavor... Go to Full Review
Jason Best Movie Talk Sep 7, 2013
Ellis unblushingly borrows from older movies, from the famous (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) to the little known (Roger Moore chiller The Man Who Haunted Himself), but he does conjure up a spine-chilling frisson all his own when anyone passes a mirror. Go to Full Review
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Anakin S Oct 7, 2018 I feel betrayed!! I was suckered into watching this garbage, because of the top notch cast. The movie is boring, and that would be okay, if there was some kind of real finish to it. Any review, that gave this thing more than one star. Means. That the reviewer was doing other things while "watching", like maybe.. washing their hair. This is a total waste of time with no resolution that makes any sense, I'm angry with Headly lending her name to this charade! This TRAVESTY stoll over an hour and half of my life. I wish that I could sue to get it back!!! See more
Abraham S Aug 9, 2018 One of those movies you have to ask the question " What the hell were they thinking making that garbage" . No character development, no real plot, the movie tries to be suspenseful but falls flat. Don't waste the hour and a half of your life. See more
Jul 22, 2018 It was boring from start to finish. Lacked suspense for a so called thriller. I wanted to fast forward to the end just to get to the point. It was just a disaster of a movie that left me disappointed and dissatisfied. And the end of it seemed so out of place, made no sense, the brother runs as if he knows? How would he know? There like missing pieces all over that make the movie seem disconnected. The entire movie just dragged, the plot of it is interesting and it could've been a master piece had it been done by someone who knew what they were doing. The info provided by direct TV made it seemed more interesting than it actually was and it was misleading. See more
Rey R May 2, 2018 I watched it this morning on DirectTV. Can't say I have ever watched anything like it before. It was very difficult for me to decide what it was really about. I recorded it thinking it was a mystery which is my usual "genre". The best I could come out with was interdimensional travel. I watched it to the end but felt like I must have missed out on the plot somehow. I was happy to find this site with the synopsis of the movie as well as comments and found I still don't know. I only gave it one star because I felt like it missed getting the idea of the plot across. If I had read the review and comments I probably would not have watched it. See more
Draco M Jan 2, 2018 It made very little sense.
Leia L Dec 2, 2017 Slow moving, pointless, rambling nonsense. Infuriating scenes of people walking around apartments with ominous soundtracks for no apparent reason. See more
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Movie Info

Synopsis Gina follows someone impersonating her and discovers her friends and family are involved.
Director
Sean Ellis
Producer
Lene Bausager
Screenwriter
Sean Ellis
Distributor
After Dark Films
Production Co
Left Turn Films, Gaumont, Ugly Duckling Films, Gaumont International, Thriller
Rating
R (Language|Brief Sexuality|Brief Nudity|Some Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 9, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 28m
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