Language of a Broken Heart

Name: Language of a Broken Heart
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: March 8, 2013
Rating: 33

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House Lights Media | Release Date: March 8, 2013 | R

Summary: After being dumped by his girlfriend, Nick, a novelist living in New York City, heads back to his hometown in Illinois where he meets Emma.

Director: Rocky Powell

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

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Joe Neumaier

Mar 7, 2013

Nothing terribly special here, but perfectly played and a spiritual cousin to such early ’90s indies as “Naked in New York” and “Ed’s Next Move.” Read full review

Frank Scheck

Mar 10, 2013

The film lacks the originality or wit to differentiate it from the countless other indie romantic comedies littering our screens. Read full review

Mary Houlihan

Apr 25, 2013

Language of a Broken Heart has the Lifetime Network written all over it. It’s a fitting entry for that venue but as a theatrical feature, it’s simply not up to the task. Read full review

Glenn Whipp

Mar 14, 2013

The film, directed by first-timer Rocky Powell, has a different happy ending in mind, one that adheres to rom-com formulas in a manner that should give it a second life on basic cable. Just don't expect to fall hard for it. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Mar 7, 2013

Part of the limp-rag ambience is due to Talt, who seems to be channeling Sarah Jessica Parker — which, unsurprisingly, does not work. Mostly it’s due to the script, which fails to meet the major romantic-comedy requirement of being clever about keeping lovers apart. All by itself, “The hero is kind of a drip” doesn’t cut it. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

Mar 27, 2013

Back to that question of medium: Scrubbed of the few, ill-fitting four-letter words that earned it an R, Language of a Broken Heart might have made a passable Hallmark or Lifetime TV movie, cushioned by the TV-movie context. But as a theatrical prospect, it’s a fail. Read full review

Ernest Hardy

Mar 5, 2013

Full of familiar tropes, exhausted rhythms, self-conscious references to genre forebears...Language of a Broken Heart, directed by Rocky Powell from a screenplay by Juddy Talt, is pure product. Read full review

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