• Source: Breaking the Rules (film)

      • Breaking the Rules (also known as Sketches) is a 1992 American drama film directed by Neal Israel, executive produced by Larry A. Thompson, starring Jason Bateman, C. Thomas Howell, Jonathan Silverman and Annie Potts. Jason's father, Kent Bateman, has a role in the movie as well.


      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


      Jason Bateman as Phil Stepler
      Shawn Phelan as Young Phil Stepler
      C. Thomas Howell as Gene Michaels
      Jackey Vinson as Young Gene Michaels
      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?"


      References




      External links


      Breaking the Rules at IMDb
      Breaking the Rules at Rotten Tomatoes
      Breaking the Rules at Box Office Mojo

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