Breakin' All the Rules (2004)

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Studio: Screen Gems

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: May 14, 2004

Running Time: 85 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Jamie Foxx, Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, Peter MacNicol, Jennifer Esposito, Bianca Lawson, Jill Ritchie, Samantha Nagel, Grace Chan, Danny Comden

director: Daniel Taplitz

Breakin' All the Rules - 10/12

Breakin' All the Rules

After being unceremoniously dumped by his fiancée, Quincy Watson pens a "how to" book on breaking up and becomes a best-selling author on the subject. Not wanting his male friends to suffer the same fate, Quincy gives them advice on dumping their mates.

While this frothy romantic comedy lacks depth, the winsome pairing of stars Jamie Foxx and Gabrielle Union creates enough sparks to carry it through.

Story

For a very brief moment--even by film standards--Quincy Watson (Foxx) has it all: A hot girlfriend, Helen (Bianca Lawson), and a successful writing career with Spoils publishing. But when his boss, Philip (Peter MacNicol), asks him to deliver pink slips (the company apparently downsized the entire human resource department), Quincy quits--and…