| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Bruce Miller |
| Cast: Claire Danes (Alice Marano), Kate Beckinsale (Darlene Davis),
Bill Pullman ('Yankee' Hank Green), Jacqui Kim (Yon Green), Daniel
Lapaine (Nick Parks), Tom Amandes (Doug Davis), Aimee Graham (Beth Ann
Gardner), Kay Tong Lim (Chief Detective...more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| How much trouble can you get into abroad when trusting strangers? Quite a
bit if you witness the film 'Brokedown Palace' which is sort of a female
version of 1978's 'Midnight Express'. In that film, based on a true story
(which won Oliver Stone his...more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Eugene Novikov |
| I've seen Brokedown Palace twice before. The first time it was called
Red Corner and then Return to Paradise (you are welcome to click on the
link and refresh your memory concerning the latter as I will come back
to it numerous times in this review)....more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "BROKEDOWN PALACE" (20th Century-Fox)
Jonathan Kaplan's cautionary tale explores the same territory
as "Midnight Express" (1978) and "Return to Paradise" (1998), as
Americans suspected of drug smuggling wind up in a...more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| There is not an original frame of celluloid in this tripe, which is aimed
at impressionable, MTV-watching young girls who movie executives hope swoon
over Claire Danes and would enjoy watching her suffer nobly. more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Michael Elliott |
| DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Kaplan
STARRING: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Jacqui Kim,
Daniel Lapaine, Lou Diamond Phillips
WRITTEN BY: David Arata
RATED: PG-13 for brief strong material, drug related material,
and...more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Jonathan Kaplan.
Cast: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Jacquelyn Kim, Daniel
Lapaine, Lou Diamond Phillips, Aimee Graham.
1999 - 101 minutes.
Rated PG-13 (for profanity, drug use, and violence).
Reviewed August 14, 1999. more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by James Sanford |
| "One night in Bangkok, and the tough guys tumble," sang Murray
Head in the musical "Chess." Unfortunately for Alice Marano (Claire
Danes) and Darlene Davis (Kate Beckinsale) that lyric proves prophetic
in "Brokedown Palace," the latest cinematic...more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| "We shouldn't be here," the frightened girl says on the tape that she's
sent to their prospective lawyer in Thailand. "We're from Ohio, for
God's sakes!" more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| BROKEDOWN PALACE
(20th Century Fox)
Starring: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Lou Diamond
Phillips, Jacqueline Kim.
Screenplay: David Arata.
Producer: Adam Fields.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (profanity, adult themes,...more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| The perky print ads for this gravely earnest drama suggest a cosmetics
campaign and, ironically enough, end up painting a more accurate picture
of what the film is really like--and, hence, what is so wrong with it.
After high school graduation, best...more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Chuck Schwartz |
| CrankyCritic® movie reviews: Brokedown Palace
Rated [PG-13], 100 minutes
Starring Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jacqueline
Kim and Bill Pullman
Screenplay by David Arata
>From a story by Adam Fields & David Arata
Directed by...more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Fox 2000 Pictures
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: David Arata, story by Adam Fields & David Arata
Cast: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Daniel
Lapaine, Jacqui Kim, Lou Diamond Phillips, Amanda De
Cadenet,...more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Fox 2000 Pictures
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: David Arata, story by Adam Fields & David Arata
Cast: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Daniel
Lapaine, Jacqui Kim, Lou Diamond Phillips, Amanda De
Cadenet,...more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Less effective than last year’s Return to Paradise, Brokedown Palace
dwells on several of the same themes as the almost-straight-to-video
Vince Vaughn/Joaquin Phoenix thriller – narcotics, making the ultimate
sacrifice for your best friend, and the...more |
| Brokedown Palace Review |
| by John Sylva |
| Just when you thought the teen movie craze was over, as films like Varsity
Blues and She's All That stopped being released every weekend, Brokedown Palace
comes around as a late summer, teen movie- sort of. Brokedown Palace features
a teen friendly cast...more |
