Good movie but grossly overrated

Excellent but underrated film

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Drug addiction is a real downer anyway, so when you have a bad movie with a drug addiction theme, things couldn't be much worse. Throw in some really lame characters as diner customers, and things do indeed get worse. Everyone in this film is either a pompous ass, or a down and out loser. Not exactly a formula for entertainment. In addition, the movie jumps around with annoying flashbacks. When Jeremy Sisto finally pulls a gun on his ex., Heather Graham, I was hoping something would happen to move things forward. Unfortunately, it does not, with relief only coming when the screen finally goes dark, and the credits roll. Oh boy! Is this bad! - MERK

As soon as the main characters are introduced, their names give away a big hint about how this movie is constructed. This movie is about a woman called HOPE and her lover WILL. And about heroin addiction. 'Broken' is more or less a metaphorical reconstruction about the shattered hopes of a young woman, and her struggle with failure. Leaving home with the dreams of being a sing-a-song writer in LA, but soon finding out that this leads to basically nothing, she starts a path of self destruction.We see her working as a waitress, in a small restaurant where she meets all kinds of people. In between those scenes we see how she meets this charming guy Will, and how her romance with Will develops into a lot of misery. Will is obsessed by her, but he is the personification of emptiness. He needs her and after she breaks up with him, he desperately tries to get a grip on her again.At first this movie seems one-layered. It's a bit confusing in the beginning, as you soon find out that the parts of her relationship are not in the same time frame as what happens in the restaurant. Is she having flashbacks? Did she recover from her addiction to drugs? Towards the end of the movie it is slowly been made more clear that basically the people she meets in the restaurant are either a part of her, or show bits of her past. This gives the movie much more depth and it's an interesting concept. In my opinion it could have been worked out a bit better, but still it is pretty well done. I don't know if my interpretation is right, but how I see it is that Hope is actually the part of her that still has HOPE to escape from her misery. She desperately tries to get a grip on her life, and struggles with the need to fulfill her need for creativity and being valued for her talents, or the acceptance of being nothing more than a waitress. Will symbolizes her addiction, and basically the things that she WILL do in reality. The addiction also WILL get back to her to do everything in his power to seduce her again. I will not spoil more. It's an interesting metaphorical movie. If you are not into that, watch something else as you might find it quite boring. But if you do like double layered movies and you can stand a pretty slow pace, it's really worth to watch it. It could have been more, and I actually think this movie would do better as a stage play, but it sure could have been less.

This film starts off OK. It has heather graham in it, so I wasn't expecting much besides nasty sex scenes and bulging eyes (of which you get both in this film). The fact that she is supposed to be some folksy singer-songwriter is laughable because I've met this character time and time again in the downtown art scene.All of the dialogue, starting with Jeremy Sisto's entrance is laughable and obviously written by a man. If written by a woman, Hope (heather graham) would've reached for her pepper spray after Will's (Jeremy Sisto) initial pick up line.The movie goes no where fast, has a small up lift with the black box theatre style of the dinner, then continues on a downward spiral. The cast is amazing, and I'm surprised that so many somewhat respectable actors would sign to such boring banal work.The special features are a laugh and a half as more praise over Graham's beauty and perfection for the part is expressed. The producer says producer-like things like "many other actresses wanted this part but Heather was just perfect". Way to make it sound like Angelina, Charlize, and Drew all wanted to be part of this ishfest.I'm glad I bought this for 3 dollars on Thanksgiving. I'll be thanks-giving this away on Ebay tomorrow.There are so many other problems with this film including editing, music, and character development but the other REAL comments speak for themselves.Jeremy Sisto...what happened?

Don't waste your time with this movie. Heather Graham's performance as a singer/songwriter turned heroin addict is awful. For most of the movie, I couldn't tell whether she was still an addict or not, which I'd attribute to Heather's terrible acting and possibly some poor editing. The storyline is non-linear, which when done properly can be really interesting, but when done poorly (as in this movie) is very confusing and distracting. Jeremy Sisto was fantastic, but unfortunately didn't make up for all of the film's flaws. It's hard to say more without giving away any spoilers, but take it from a fan of drug movies, don't waste your time. An hour and a half of my life that I will never get back...