Brokedown Palace

Name: Brokedown Palace
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: August 13, 1999
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Bill Pullman, Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale

1999

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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Release Date: August 13, 1999 | PG-13

Starring: Bill Pullman, Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale

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.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 100 min

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Paula Nechak

Brokedown Palace does have some plot implausibilities but Kaplan, manages to turn some hashed story lines into something substantial and emotionally affecting. Read full review

Laura Shin

The plotting could use some finessing, but fine acting makes this film worthwhile. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

It's close to a no-win situation dramatically, culturally and politically, and Kaplan deals with it plausibly enough by concentrating on the performances and the interior conflicts they reveal. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Overall it's a colorful, diverting cautionary tale. Read full review

Bob Graham

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. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Just another lurid, contrived, xenophobic tale about Americans trapped in hideous foreign prisons. Read full review

Ron Wells

The best thing about a movie like this is I never have to see it again. Read full review

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JohnHartigan

Mar 23, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Brokedown Palace is a solid film about 2 Americans who visit Thailand after they graduate high school. The movie has fabulous scenery, many twists and wonderful acting from Kate & Claire as the main characters framed for smuggling heroin that they're innocent of. The movie has a similar look to The Beach, another thriller drama set in Thailand. The movie also features strong supporting roles from Lou Diamond Phillps, and Bill Pullman as the Lawyer helping them in Thailand. There is also a cameo by Paul Walker as a friend of the girl's from Ohio. Overall this is an absorbing, diverse and enjoyable drama, a film you should see if you haven't or have never heard of it, B+.… Expand

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