Breaking the Rules (1992)

Name: Breaking the Rules
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1992-10-09
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Jason Bateman, C. Thomas Howell, Jonathan Silverman, Annie Potts, Krista Tesreau

Breaking the Rules (1992), directed by Neal Israel, starring Jason Bateman and C. Thomas Howell.

10/09/1992 BR Comedy and Drama 1h 40m

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Synopsis

Two friends take their dying buddy on one last road trip.

James HaymanCinematography
Neal IsraelDirector
Tom WallsEditing
Jonathan D. KraneProducer

About the film

Breaking the Rules (also known as Sketches) is a 1992 American comedy-drama film directed by Neal Israel. The film stars C. Thomas Howell, Jason Bateman, Jonathan Silverman and Annie Potts.

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Breaking the Rules (also known as Sketches) is a 1992 American comedy-drama film directed by Neal Israel. The film stars C. Thomas Howell, Jason Bateman, Jonathan Silverman and Annie Potts.

Plot

Phil (Jason Bateman) is a cancer-stricken man who tricks his two best friends, Gene (C. Thomas Howell) and Rob (Jonathan Silverman), whom he hasn't seen in a long time, to go on a road trip, by inviting them to a fake engagement party. This has the potential for problems because Gene once stole Rob's girlfriend. Phil gets them to be friends again. He tells them of his illness and all three decide to go to Los Angeles for Phil's dying wish: to be a contestant on Jeopardy! On the way there they meet an attractive wild woman with a heart of gold (Annie Potts).

Cast

C. Thomas Howell as Gene Michaels

Jackey Vinson as young Gene Michaels

Jason Bateman as Phil Stepler

Shawn Phelan as young Phil Stepler

Jonathan Silverman as Rob Konigsberg

Marty Belafsky as young Rob Konigsberg

Annie Potts as Mary Klinglitch

Kent Bateman as Mr. Stepler

Krista Tesreau as Rob's Date

Frank Welker as Special Vocal Effects

Paul Cobb as distressed and snappily dressed funeral attendee

Angelbertha Cobb as the mourning widow funeral attendee

Reception

Roger Ebert savaged the film in his contemporary review, damning its inauthentic script wherein "one appalling scene follows another". In an exasperated tone, he asked: "Was there no one to cry out, Stop this madness? No one to read the script and see that it was without sense or sensibility? No one to listen to the dialogue and observe that nobody in the world ever talked like this?"

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Breaking the Rules at Box Office Mojo

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Trivia

It grossed US$ 52.285 worldwide.
It premiered on October 9, 1992, a Friday.
It runs 1h40 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.