Bending All the Rules
Bending All the Rules
R | 27 September 2002 (USA)
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When single photographer Kenna finally gets her own exhibition, she turns her attention to her love life. Yet two different men, sensitive Jeff and strong-willed Martin, are determined to win her heart, pulling her free spirit in opposite directions.

Reviews
Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Gordon-11 This film is about an up and coming young female photographer who has two boyfriends, each having their own good points.Even bearing in mind that this is a B movie, I am still shocked by how bad it is. The plot is basically non existent, nothing happens in the film. There is no drama, no sweetness and no anything. It's like watching 80 minutes of mindless drivel. Acting is consistently bad across the board. The lead character Kenna doesn't show much emotions. The worst of all is the woman who manages her photo exhibitions. She is so wooden that I am sure I can act better than her. Lighting, cinematography and sound reception are all terrible. There is hissing sound in many scenes. I just wonder what is the whole point of the film.
maixiu I've heard of TV sitcoms about "nothing" but never a movie. If I managed to make sense of the ending, the movie was a young woman whose parents had a dysfunctional relationship, thus she herself is unable to commit to a relationship. However, even with such a thin premise, the movie is astoundingly devoid of anything that would draw a viewer in. The acting is cringe-worthy, led by Coleen Porch as Kenna. Just because you have a pout that resembles Angelina Jolie doesn't mean you don't need to emote. She displays one expression the entire movie, befuddled amusement.There's some decent cinematography but the direction is abysmal. It's as if Coleman Francis was given the script to Hobgoblins. In fact, there's a nightclub scene that nearly plumbs the same depths as the similar scene in Hobgoblins. Is it really possible to speak to the club DJ, across the room, using your indoor voice, while in a "hopping" club? Avoid this turkey at all costs.
sonia_torriatte ... especially for new Bradley Cooper fans reviewing his career... This movie is just awful. I think it's supposed to be artsy and intelligent, but all we're left of is some sort of good quality porn (without most of the key-elements of the genre)filled with randomly thrown in SAT words... I don't recommend it to anyone, especially if you're expecting a nice romantic movie. It's easy... More than easy ... Cheap! So.. the whole thing - as I understood it for as much as I could bring myself to watch without punching myself in the face - is the story of a girl who's been around jerks her whole life. From her father, an absent mother who suddenly appears (soaps, anyone?) and now she is apparently famous in her circles for having two boyfriends - and as far as I understood they knew about each other ... and somehow accepted it. For the lady is so bland and acts so badly that any man would want her ... apparently. We are also being "treated" with flashbacks of her childhood - the child acts even worse and at a certain moment there is a scene with a boy on some shores when they have such a believable conversation ... while smoking, of course. The same lines could be thrown by the plummer of the fire fighter visiting the lady's house... For God's sake, this movie is an abomination!!! The one star is for Bradley Cooper only... the rest ... should be silence!
Dave Stewart We couldn't even make it through the first 15 minutes of this pile of sophomoric dung. I've seen better acting and more compelling story lines in bad porn. Don't let the crooks that released this on video get another dollar from you simply because it has Bradley Cooper in it eight years before he got lucky and was cast in Hangover. Bradley cooper is a stiff, unskilled, dope in this movie. His acting is pathetic and yet still better than the others in the movie. This is simply something someone found lost on the floor amidst a pile of bad Pauly Shore movies for the last 9 years. Their greed coaxed them into releasing it on video with the hopes of suckering in a bunch of people to unknowingly fork over a couple bucks to taint their DVD players with this festering pus-filled boil of shame. I was hoodwinked. I hope you read this review before you're hoodwinked too.