Breakin' All the Rules

Summary: Inspired by his fiancée (who dumped him), a man publishes a break-up hand-book for men, becoming a best-selling author in the process.

Release Date: May 14, 2004

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Daniel Taplitz

Writer: Daniel Taplitz

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Screen Gems, Breakup Productions

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 12,264,319

International: $ 279,935

Box office:

Budget:$10MDomestic:$12.3MInternational:$279.9KWorldwide:$12.5M

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26%

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this 26% higher than the critics.

31%57%

The average Metacritic score is 46%.

Metacritic Meta:

46/100

56%47%

56% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

47% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White52.94%Black35.29%Asian5.88%Mixed / Other5.88%

2.00

Commonsensemedia

Violence1/5
Sex3/5
Language3/5
Drugs2/5

Dove

Sex3/5
Language3/5
Violence1/5
Drugs1/5
Nudity3/5

This film gets a 2.00/5 family friendly score

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31%57%

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Race	White	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	1	1		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Total	1	1
Cast Percentages	100%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":100,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (2000) Percentage	69.1%		{"name":"U.S. Population (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":69.1,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.42,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":4.23,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.3,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0.6,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.9,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":12.5,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":3.96,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":1.85,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (2000) Representation	+30.9		{"name":"U.S. Population (2000)","series":[["White",69.1]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":100,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	81.25%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":6413300000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":276400000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":609100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":40300000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":494000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":60300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	+18.75		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["White",81.25]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":100,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	75.87%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":12379223097685,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":840599779788,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1483520178109,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":115688369276,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1006688175500,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":490838834659,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+24.13		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",75.87]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":100,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
World population (2002) Percentage	16.19%		{"name":"World population (2002) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":11666992036,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":35696748136,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":8526105205,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":101163632675,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":72726073172,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":212026003574,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":48323392485,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":132596647598,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":2119021178,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (2002) Representation	+83.81		{"name":"World population (2002) ","series":[["White",16.19]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":100,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+63.52		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":100,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
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Commonsensemedia Rating https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/breakin-all-the-rules last updated: 2024-10-25Update data
Message 0/5	The movie seems to approve of manipulation, lies, and using jealousy to get someone to make a commitment.
Violence 1/5	Comic scuffle.
Sex 3/5	Strong sexual references and situations for a PG-13.
Language 3/5	Some strong language.
Drugs 2/5	Characters drink and smoke.
Dove Rating https://dove.org/review/4467-breakin-all-the-rules/
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Violence 1/5	None
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