Mood prevails in tale of “Broken” L.A. dreams

Addiction and amour fou are one and the same in “Broken,” an indie film starring Heather Graham and Jeremy Sisto as the symbolically named Hope and Will.

Much of what unfolds in the L.A.-set drama feels overly pointed — an approach only partly explained by the story’s final revelation. Good performances and an intriguingly noirish edge-of-town sensibility go only so far to compensate for an abundance of on-the-nose dialogue in the film, which took its world-premiere bow Saturday at AFI Fest.

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Posted on November 10, 2006 by Stef under Broken, Film News & Reviews

Heather Graham and Jeremy Sisto cast in ‘Broken’

Heather Graham and Jeremy Sisto, from Six Feet Under, have been cast in the indie thriller Broken. Variety reports music video director Alan White will be helming the movie from a script by Drew Pillsbury.

Graham will play a waitress who has to confront all the mistakes she has made in her life including the biggest one of all, her ex-boyfriend (Sisto) who is determined to get her back. Filming is due to start this month in Los Angeles.

Source: Monsters and Critics

Posted on July 22, 2005 by Stef under Broken, Film News & Reviews

‘Broken’

Heather Graham is set to star in the independent feature Broken, to be directed by Alan White, reports Production Weekly.

Written by Drew Pillsbury, the script focuses on Graham’s character Hope, who during a long night of waitressing, confronts all the wrong turns she’s made in her short life, and ultimately meets the biggest wrong turn of all: her dangerous bad-boy ex-boyfriend, Will, who’s determined to win back her love or die trying.

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Posted on May 19, 2005 by Stef under Broken, Film News & Reviews