Bend & Break

May 2, 2008

1h 27m

★ 6.0

A comedy about nothing in particular.

Overview

A group of twenty-somethings struggle through the misguided awkwardness that comes with early romance. Bryce meets a French girl one day in the city. Jules runs into an old flame he has secretly been in love with for years. Blake realizes that his friend's sister is suddenly "all grown up" and these young men are forced to come to grips with the unknown... women.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Big Idea Pictures

Bend & Break Trailers

Cast

Blake

Steven Crowder

Bryce

Jordan Crowder

Jules

Julian Di Nardo

Andrew

Julian Di Nardo

Geneviève

Cindy Boisvert

Danny

Timothy Cormier

June

Sonia Swift

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8.0

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5.0

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7.2

Monsieur Lazhar

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5.9

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5.7

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4.7

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Inexperienced in love and living in Los Angeles, aspiring actress Claire longs to find that special someone. Unfortunately, she couldn't pick a more undeserving guy when she starts a relationship with womanizer Chad. Although her friend April warns her about him, it's not as if April doesn't have problems of her own -- namely a chronic inability to stay faithful to her longtime boyfriend, Neal.

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0.0

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2.8

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6.4

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0.0

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0.0

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4.2

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6.5

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7.4

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8.0

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5.1

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6.2

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0.0

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