Hahaha---I'm on the fence about Sofia Coppola's movies. On one hand, I don't see what's so amazing about them, if they were to be viewed on their own merit. On the other hand, I don't feel like I've wasted my time after watching her movies (even if that in itself is because she's able to get the best actors due to good family connections). Still, all things considered, Sofia Coppola's current work is definitely better than "Broken English."
Sofia Coppola has received a lot of flak for getting a super-headstart in the film industry simply by dint of her family relations. Granted, Sofia Coppola's beginnings as a director/writer were inglorious (see: the Coppola-directed segment in the otherwise entertaining "New York Stories"). Still, at least she has made something halfway decent out of all the advantages she has.
"Broken English," on the other hand, seems like a lame attempt by a spoiled, talentless brat trying to leach off her parents' legacy. I thought this movie would be good to watch because it had Drea de Matteo, Gena Rowlands, and Parker Posey in it ... it takes a special breed of ineptitude to make all three actresses come off as one-dimensional and boring. I only found out after watching this movie that Gena Rowlands was the director's mother, which just about entirely explained the huge discrepancy between the film-on-paper and the film-on-screen. This movie's like a restaurant that boasts about its top-notch ingredients, only to present a stew that tastes like prison-grade food.
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