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Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

Drama · Romance · 2009

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

Movie details

Not Easily Broken

“Life tries to break you. Love holds you together.”

2009 Drama · Romance 1h 39m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Bill Duke

Written by

Brian Bird

Morris Chestnut

Morris Chestnut

Dave Johnson

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson

Clarice Clark

Maeve Quinlan

Maeve Quinlan

Julie Sawyer

Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart

Tree

Jenifer Lewis

Jenifer Lewis

Mary 'Mama' Clark

Eddie Cibrian

Eddie Cibrian

Brock Houseman

Wood Harris

Wood Harris

Darnell Gooden

Court is in session

Put Not Easily Broken on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.