# Breaking the Girls > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Breaking_the_Girls > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Breaking_the_Girls.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Girls > Source revision: 1346096151 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2012 American film Breaking the Girls Film poster Directed by Jamie Babbit Written by Mark Distefano Guinevere Turner Produced by Kirk D'Amico Andrea Sperling Starring Agnes Bruckner Madeline Zima Cinematography Jeffrey Waldron Edited by Michael Darrow Music by Mateo Messina Production company Myriad Pictures Distributed by IFC Films Release date November 7, 2012 (2012-11-07) Running time 83 minutes Country United States Language English ***Breaking the Girls*** is a 2012 American crime thriller film directed by [Jamie Babbit](/source/Jamie_Babbit) and starring [Agnes Bruckner](/source/Agnes_Bruckner) and [Madeline Zima](/source/Madeline_Zima).[1][2][3][4] ## Plot Two college women, Sara and Alex, make a twisted agreement after stress in their personal lives: they will kill each other's archenemies and not be suspected of the murders. As they grow closer, the tension between them turns sexual, and then to something deeper. However, when only one of them goes through with it and begins to set the other up to be framed for murder, she realizes that to stay out of jail, she will have to come up with a plot just as twisted of her own. ## Cast - [Agnes Bruckner](/source/Agnes_Bruckner) as Sara Ryan - [Madeline Zima](/source/Madeline_Zima) as Alex Layton - [Shawn Ashmore](/source/Shawn_Ashmore) as Eric Nolan - [Kate Levering](/source/Kate_Levering) as Nina Layton - [Shanna Collins](/source/Shanna_Collins) as Brooke Potter - Davenia McFadden as Detective Ross - [Tiya Sircar](/source/Tiya_Sircar) as Piper Sperling - [Melanie Mayron](/source/Melanie_Mayron) as Annie - [Manish Dayal](/source/Manish_Dayal) as Tim - Billy Mayo as Jones - [Sam Anderson](/source/Sam_Anderson) as Professor Nolan - [John Stockwell](/source/John_Stockwell_(actor)) as David Layton ## Reception On [review aggregator](/source/Review_aggregator) [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes), the film holds an approval rating of 10% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 4.74/10.[5] On [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic), the film has a [weighted average](/source/Weighted_arithmetic_mean) score of 42 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[6] Steven Boone of [RogerEbert.com](/source/RogerEbert.com) gave the film two and a half stars.[7] Andrew Schenker of *[Slant Magazine](/source/Slant_Magazine)* gave the film one and a half stars out of four.[8] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Herrington, Nicole (July 25, 2013). ["Joking About Murder Can Have Consequences: 'Breaking the Girls,' a Thriller Stuffed Full of Twists"](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/movies/breaking-the-girls-a-thriller-stuffed-full-of-twists.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230208171208/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/movies/breaking-the-girls-a-thriller-stuffed-full-of-twists.html) from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** D'Angelo, Mike (July 25, 2013). ["Breaking The Girls"](http://www.avclub.com/review/breaking-the-girls-100673). *[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170808072045/http://www.avclub.com/review/breaking-the-girls-100673) from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Harvey, Dennis (July 15, 2013). ["Film Review: 'Breaking the Girls'"](https://variety.com/2013/more/markets-festivals/film-review-breaking-the-girls-1200563086/). *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240506072357/https://variety.com/2013/more/markets-festivals/film-review-breaking-the-girls-1200563086/) from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** DeFore, John (July 26, 2013). ["Breaking the Girls: Film Review"](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/breaking-girls-film-review-594066). *[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200726112512/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/breaking-girls-film-review-594066) from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Breaking the Girls (2013)"](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/breaking_the_girls/). *[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130702195910/http://www.rottentomatoes.com:80/m/breaking_the_girls/) from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Breaking the Girls Reviews"](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/breaking-the-girls). [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130910163925/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/breaking-the-girls) from the original on September 10, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Boone, Steven (July 26, 2013). ["Breaking the Girls"](http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/breaking-the-girls-2013). [RogerEbert.com](/source/RogerEbert.com). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170627025602/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/breaking-the-girls-2013) from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Schenker, Andrew (July 17, 2013). 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