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- 1999
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 40 m
- 1999
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 40 m
Summary While vacationing in Bangkok, Thailand, two girls (Danes, Beckinsale) become involved in a frightening turn of events that ends up with them being accused and tried for drug trafficking.
Directed By: Jonathan Kaplan
Written By: Adam Fields, David Arata
- 1999
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 40 m
- 1999
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 40 m
Brokedown Palace
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6.3
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Summary While vacationing in Bangkok, Thailand, two girls (Danes, Beckinsale) become involved in a frightening turn of events that ends up with them being accused and tried for drug trafficking.
Directed By: Jonathan Kaplan
Written By: Adam Fields, David Arata
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
44
29% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
48% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
24% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
44
29% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
48% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
24% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
The heart of the film is in the performances of Danes and Beckinsale after they're sent to prison.
Brokedown Palace is good enough so that you wish it were better.
The movie, directed by veteran Jonathan Kaplan, has enough in common with such American-in-foreign-jail movies as "Midnight Express" and the recent "Return to Paradise" to make you wonder why it ever got made.
The specifics of their predicament are well handled -- being thrown in a Third World prison may be every tourist's nightmare -- even if the movie eventually goes soft and squishy.
The penalties for drug trafficking in Thailand are very, very stiff. If there were any justice in the world, the penalties for saddling fine actors with terrible dialogue would be even stiffer.
The once-reliable Danes is a particular detriment, but it's really hard to care whether either character escapes from what looks like a really unappealing summer camp.
Kaplan's lustily awful film is to be avoided if at all possible, and if not, well, don't say I didn't warn you.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 User Ratings
6.3
61% Positive
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17% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 User Ratings
6.3
61% Positive
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
17% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
22% Negative
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Awards
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination
