This movie is stupid beyond belief. I usually understand making some scenes a little far fetched in movies to drive the story along, but in this movie it goes beyond that to the point where every scene is so SLOW, unrealistic and idiotic. For example the main actress hooks up with the villain and is in a rush to leave the next day because she has a plane to catch and senses he's weird... yet the ONLY thing she DOESN'T make sure she has is her phone?? She grabs literally every article of clothing and her purse but doesn't even think to first make sure she has the ONE thing that holds her entire life and private information....plus it has no passcode? Most normal people would look for their phone the minute they wake up in a strange home and make sure it's the one thing the have before they leave someone else's house, especially if they suspect that person is creepy. I don't think that one thing is too much realism to ask of a movie either. Plus when she finds him in her house the first time, she still didn't event think to ask for her phone back even though she knew thats how he was finding out everything about her and stalking her. Or maybe call your cell provider and ask if the phone can be hard reset or wiped since its lost in the hands of someone else? That plot point will just truly irritate you in this entire movie, I guarantee it. So to be honest, she deserved all this because she basically did it to herself plus cheated on her husband. This movie is full of bad acting, bad writing, and a semi-interesting plot that was poorly executed. She burnt evidence that could have helped prove the villain psychotic, she never reported the break in and therefore he walked free, she didn't tell her husband about how dangerous he was which could have allowed them to have high security at the wedding and take him in for stalking etc. I was just rooting for the villain to kill her the most of the time because she was genuinely so dumb and selfish the entire movie to the point where she got her one friend who helped her KILLED. She never once deserve sympathy.
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daughterofolaf22 December 2019The setup for this movie is silly. An engaged girl, Tara, meets a bartender, Patrick, at a really stupid pseudo-sex-freak club shortly before her wedding. The awfulness hits right out of the gate. The director did a really bad job of portraying this weirdo freak club. I'm guessing the intent was to show something like what we see in Single White Female but instead it just looks like some idiots in bad clown makeup hanging out at a high end bar that was used during daytime hours to shoot this scene. Patrick is covered in tattoos and appears to be on the Gumby workout plan. He is obsessed with Tara literally from the second he lays eyes on her, he acts crazy from the get-go and he wears a ring on his index finger so we know for sure he's nuts. Even though Patrick acts bizarrely intense from the moment Tara first speaks to him, he seems to make her uncomfortable immediately, and she seems to have no doubts about getting married, Patrick is kind of hot so naturally she sleeps with him. Despite the fact that he acts like a straight up freak from minute one, Tara is shocked after waking up post-bow-chicka-bow-wow to find him acting like...well, a freak.
The acting isn't great but it could be worse considering how awful the movie is. The one exception being the girl who plays the sister-holy Toledo, she must be the director's sister or something. I hope her family didn't gather around to watch her in this because that would just be awkward for everyone. Wes Bentley is good as he always is and I commend him for being able to deliver anything in this dumpster fire of a movie. It's just a shame this is the kind of garbage he is doing now. Maybe he owed someone a favor. It is also disappointing that Alexandra Breckenridge is in this but doesn't have much to do. She is pretty good-too good for this, that's for sure. She probably should have played Tara instead of the other chick.
Lame camera work, obviously fake settings (the hospital scene is particularly hilarious), bad scene transitions, shots that last too long and laugh-out-loud camera angles involving a house elevator do not help matters. I'm guessing the director found this cool, unusual house to use for the movie, had a tent pole over the elevator and decided to use it to the fullest extent. Er, well, as far as a house elevator can be used in a movie that isn't actually about a house elevator. The other scene which stood out as being especially ridiculous was the scene where Tara and her friend meet up with a "private eye" after he looks into Patrick's background. They meet at some sort of Japanese temple to go over the findings, I assume because that is so much easier and more natural than heading over to Denny's. I actually felt bad for the director on this one. It's all kind of embarrassing at that point.
Anyway, all the typical crazy stalker shenanigans ensue. There's nothing new here at all, and there are some threads which wind up being pointless and lead to nothing. For example, the endless dossier or love letter or manifesto Patrick spends a bunch of time writing, which is apparently none of our business. So much is dedicated to him writing this stupid thing and then we do not get to read or hear or know a single thing he wrote in it. Lazy screenwriting, folks, that's what this is. The other part that goes nowhere is the introduction of the sister into the story. There is screen time dedicated to this which ends up being 100% pointless and fruitless in every way. It makes me wonder if there was more to that part but the girl playing the sister was such a horrendous actress that they cut it all out. But Patrick's note wasn't a bad actor and that went nowhere either, so again it appears this is just a bad script.
The one and only positive thing about the movie is the last few seconds of it. I didn't see that coming and thought it was pretty decent/funny/dreadful. Alas, twelve seconds at the end of a movie hardly makes the rest of it worthwhile.
Bottom line: this movie is only for major fans of the stalker movie genre or Wes Bentley and even then, I wouldn't bother with it unless you have watched every stalker and Bentley movie on earth already. -
lawman-6529427 November 2020Saw this movie on Amazon Prime since I am a fan of Wes Bentley and recognize Jaimie Alexander from the Thor movies. In terms of the premise it is very simple. Jaimie Alexander plays Tara who is engaged to be married to Michael. While out with her friends for a bachelorette party they let loose and have fun. Tara meets a bartender at a club named Patrick, and they end up sleeping together. After that moment Patrick ends up developing an obsession with Tara and once she makes it clear that it was simply a one-night stand that is when things start escalating.
Like other stalker movies he gets more involved in her life and looks for ways to sabotage it. In terms of acting it was not great with the exception being Wes Bentley. He does crazy very well (see a similar movie called P2 where he absolutely tormented Rachel Nichol's character in a parking lot). I would go so far as to say that he carries this movie because the rest of the cast was mediocre to poor. Even Jaimie Alexander was fairly bland and only stood out because of her beauty. I have seen her in Thor and a few episodes of the TV series Blindspot, so I know that she is capable of putting in a good performance. Her friends and sister (Emily) were terrible and cringy.
I do not regret watching this film and have seen much worse; however, in terms of the obsessive stalker-type movies it has been done better elsewhere. As a matter of fact, Wes Bentley's own P2 (2007) was very well done on what looks like a smaller budget with fewer cast members and confined primarily to one location (an underground parking lot). Give P2 a watch instead; however if you absolutely must watch this then see it for Wes Bentley and only watch it once. 5/10 due to Wes. -
sloppy_tuna30 March 2017IF you aren't a Wes Bentley fan there is LITERALLY no reason to watch this film. He is the ONLY redeeming quality the film has to offer. He is great in pretty much everything he's in, so other than casting him in the psycho lead, there was nothing else to redeem it; this movie was awful on every level. They either paid Wes Bentley a ridiculous amount of money to act with the rest of the clown car full of so called "actors & actresses" in this horrible pile of drek, or he owed someone a HUGE favor. The kind of favor that involves saving someone's life, or the kind of favor that involves someone keeping a horrible secret you don't want another living soul to know about. Either way, he is the single solitary reason to waste an Hour and a Half of your life you'll never get back.
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lindalorosco11 March 2021I can't say more than what others have said about this poor film. Not including Wes Bentley, everyone was just horrible. Fiancé always looks like he's been slicing onions, bride-to-be was just flat and without emotion, her friend was okay and would have done better with a bigger role.. even the kid sister was painful to watch. And one of my pet peeves on film was alive and well in this one: non-smokers whose characters they play are smokers. It wasn't just that bride-to-be wasn't convincing. She looked downright stupid as a smoker. Don't waste your time on this one.
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asharl33ngirl25 September 2016I have just watched the movie and unfortunately I have no praising words to describe it.
The idea of the film could have been interesting if the actors' play would have been any good.
The leading actress does a very weak role, she doesn't really manage to express feelings or to sustain the vibe. Even from the beginning the way she is acting lacks strength or character.
Most of the film is boring and none of the actors are making any difference. The fiancee's role has been written exactly like the biggest cliché - arrogant, cocky, gullible rich guy that lives his perfect life. The bride-to-be does the spoiled brat move that no right in the head person would do - cheat her future husband just a few days before the wedding.
The best role-play is the villain's one, although the fight scenes are incredibly superficial and far-fetched.
On one hand,you are on an island where nobody else is present, at least at that moment and your husband goes inside the building to bring you a sweater (how romantic, by the way). Suddenly you hear groans, but nothing seems suspicious to you so you decide to go watch the waves.
The crazy stalker guy can resist to a fight with a grown man, however, when the damsel in distress hits him once he falls giving her the chance to set him on fire.
All in all it was a bad movie, however, the one reason I am happy I watched it till the end is the news she receives from the doctor while laying by her husband's hospital bed, waiting for the poor doll to wake up.
That should be a good lesson for everybody who thinks that having the luck of living a good life helps them cover up all the bad stuff they do. -
tdeluca-066926 October 2016First, there is a reason this didn't make it to the theaters or I think even have a preview in the US. Even having it come out on DVD is a waste. One of the worst actresses I have ever seen. No realism, emotion or anything that would make you believe she is going through what she is. How is she an actress? The husband just as bad, the villain had a little going at least but he had to play against these two, her being the worst so it didn't help him at all. Could had given me a little something to make it look somewhat real but it just didn't work, at all. Could say the writing was bad and that some of the scenes and what the characters did was just the result of possibly bad writing and it made the whole thing look bad but they were just terrible. I'm not going to spoil it, it does that on its own but understand it's bad acting, bad writing, scenes just didn't make sense, and just didn't have me wondering what would happen next because I didn't care. Had to see it to the end to try and help,others steer away if possible or at least try and come up with one positive, sorry I could not. They played the typical types you would think but just badly. The shocker at the end made me say , God please don't do another. Go see another movie, save yourself
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SnoopyStyle2 September 2017Tara Bloom (Jamie Alexander) goes on her bachelorette party weekend in New Orleans. She is seduced by dark, mysterious bartender Patrick (Wes Bentley). She leaves after a night of passion back to her fiancé Michael (Cam Gigandet) in California. Patrick is obsessed and flies out to stalk her. Her friend Debra (Alexandra Breckenridge) tries to help.
This is supposed to be a thriller. The problem is the horrible boring production. There is no tension to speak of. The filming is done as blandly as possible. It is dull and slow. There are no surprises. There is nothing compelling. It should be dark but it's more cheese than noir. The acting is functional. Cam is more comfortable playing a douche. His face-off with Wes becomes a douche-off. Tara is not that great to root for either. This is not really a threatrical thriller. -
swrightmckeever23 December 2021Weak plot on an old favorite of someone cheating on their significant other with someone who is of course, turns out to be a violent mentally unstable stalker. You can't feel angry that the bride to be cheated, because her finance also cheated. I was hoping for something new and daring, but was disappointed with the same lame story and stupid twist at the end. It was hard to feel vested in any of the characters. The groom was stiff and robotic, the bride a naïve idiot who clearly never forgave her boyfriend for cheating and went looking for a last payback effort on her last weekend as a single woman. Don't waste your time like I did.
I marked this as having spoilers to be on the safe side, but watching the trailer is all you need to see. -
bryangary6528 May 2018All a bit daft, but harmless enough entertainment if nothing else better to do.
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Plot is kinda interesting, although it's been done before. Wes Bentley is perfect as a psycho obsessed stalker type of guy, he plays this role so well. Can't say much about the rest of the cast, Cam Gigandet's acting is usually better when offered more to work with, so he can't really be blamed. Jamie Alexander's character was forgettable, yet more frustratingly dumb than anything. Like who wakes up at a stranger's house suspecting they're a weirdo and creepy yet leaves without making sure they have their phone?! It's the one thing you check when you get up in the morning. Not just that, but she doesn't even ask for it back when he shows up at her place and they have a little confrontation!! She claims to her friend that her entire life is in that phone but she sure as hell doesn't act like it. How did you find me? Oh, you left your phone, OK. That's how the conversation went, she doesn't ask him to give it back?? And there are many idiotic moments like that too that make no sense. She learns later that he's dangerous and has killed before, but warns no one close to her. There are different occasions when she and her soon to be husband wanna talk about him, but then just change their mind.. So stupid. A lot of the problems would've been solved in this if there was some communication, yet they always decide not to talk. There was some suspense but sometimes it went nowhere after building it (like when he goes to visit her sister at the horse stable, he kind of said hi and left.. No real danger there.) The overall acting was above average, with the exception of Wes who was suberp. I think it's a good effort given that it's the director's first movie though. I give it a 5.5.
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DebraIonaVogel29 January 2021Think Fatal Attraction, but this time it's the girl who cheats.
Our protagonist is on a bachelorette weekend and meets a very hot bartender. Naked happens....
The bartender turns out to be a mentally unstable obsessed weirdo who comes after her, hard.
Will her fiance find out? How crazy is this dude? What lengths is he willing to go to, to get his girl? It's a pretty good movie, predictable but entertaining. I liked it. -
A rating of 4.2 here on IMDb is a bit too harsh, it really isn't THAT bad! It's actually very watchable, it has a reasonably thrilling story and the acting by the main characters is pretty good, with Wes Bentley as some very creepy psychopath. My main criticism concerns the tension that somehow seemed to sag-in somewhere in the middle-section, when it got a bit too low on real action. I also had some doubts about the casting. Jaimie Alexander was convincing enough as the beautiful, guilt-ridden bride-to-be, but her fiancé (Cam Gigandet) didn't match her enough, he was só listless and respectable, on the brink of boring, it seemed like a very odd coupling. And Wes Bentley was given a way too extreme outward appearance, I just could not imagine this pristine goddess fall for such a guy, even as a one-night-stand. And then there were some other improbabilities. They had to hire a private investigator to find out the back-ground of Patrick; why not begin with checking the bar in New Orleans where he obviously was employed when they met? And why didn't Michael scream something like "Tara, call 9-1-1 now!!" when he was assaulted by Patrick in the hotel-garden after the wedding, she was within hearing-distance, we saw her hearing the noises of the struggle! Anyway, the final twist was a nice surprise (although one can wonder why this obviously very intelligent woman didn't take precautions!). Anyway, as far as I'm concerned it was entertaining enough.
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sonrisaparatu7 September 2019I only watched this because it had Cam Gigandet in it. This is one of those movies, when after it's done, you wish you could get that time back. Poor direction, cliche storyline, horrible acting. All around BAD and disappointing. Too bad you can't rate it a negative number.
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I watched all the way to the end out of pure amusement and amazement that this was even made!! It was AWFUL!! I gave it one star because I wasn't allowed to award a nothing star. It felt like it was put together by an amateur film crew! BAD BAD BAD BAAAAAAAD!! Did I mention BAD?!!
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flejklw11 February 2023Should have read reviews before watching.
Storyline, is that a not so bright bride to be on her bachelorette weekend sleeps with a psycho bartender.
However the infatuation that the bartender has for her becomes intense, firstly showing up at her home etc.
There are times that you just want to switch off, personally I forwarded it to the obvious ending, unfortunately, has script writing and directing goes, this is rubbish.
Poor Tara, has been written in to the film mainly to act out a role that makes her out to be totally selfish, with of low intelligence, which all comes to the fore-front at the end.
Stereotype role for Wes Bentley as the "evil" bartender, that I guess does play well, probably reason for the 1 star. -
ishmaelmcquiller-132-6073318 February 2021Your typical lifetime movie. Many movies along the same story line.
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I sometimes watch bad stalker movies. I find their predictability, bad acting and uninspiring dialogue somehow entertaining on a rainy day.
But this was bad-bad. Who green lit this? Who wrote this and why did they want to punish us?! -
kosmasp19 January 2021A few years ago I would just call this completely unbelievable. And while I still stand by that statement, when I see how some Americans are being duped over again and again and don't seem to be able to see that ... well I guess it is not that much of a stretch for ignoring someone evil until there is an outburst of violence (do your own comparisons to the capitol attack the other week).
But back to this and I do like the actors involved in this. I like the 3 main actors in this. But even they cannot really salvage anything. Unfortunately while it starts off intriguing, it does end in disaster ... in many ways and none of them are good. -
Interesting, love Wes Bentley in everything he is in - he's so good at being the sinister bad guy! I'm a fan of Jaimie Alexander, so those knocking her acting skills, I think it just wasn't that type of movie that required the gushy mushy love stuff, and because her fiancée had already cheated on her, she obviously felt the need to somewhat "get back" at him, even that was decided in her subconscious.
I enjoyed the way they told the story and how Wes Bentley portrayed his character - Debra (Debbie?") made me giggle with the baby sitter line towards the end. The fact that this guy hung around and gave that shock in the end - wow! -
mrsandmrpitman3 February 2021If you have nothing better to do than yeah watch it but overall this movie sucked. like the acting the plot the whole thing made me mad.
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lavatch12 October 2016A woman has a final fling prior to her marriage. But the man with whom she has spent the night turns out to be the lover out of hell. "Broken Vows" tells the story of a stalker who turns what appears to be a perfect wedding into a nightmare.
The film has all of the elements of a formula film on the Lifetime cable network. Jaime Alexender is perfectly cast as Tara, the protagonist who recognizes that she has made a "mistake" on the morning after sleeping with a New Orleans bartender, Patrick Flynn. Wes Bentley is outstanding as the psycho who begins stalking Tara, her fiancé Michael, and her family members. Cam Gigandet is solid as the trusting fiancé radiating a hangdog look deriving from the guilt of having already broken his own vow with a brief, adulterous liaison.
There is a build-up to the wedding day of Tara and Michael with extremely revealing moments when both Tara and Michael are aware of the strange behavior of Patrick, yet refuse to communicate with each other. In withholding what they know, Patrick is provided with the opportunity to catch them off-guard and to disrupt their lives beyond belief.
The film was successful in developing what could have been stereotypes into fairly well developed characters. The well-intentioned friend Deb, the ineffective private eye (Clay), and the naive sister (Annie) were all well-conceived and well-performed roles.
The directing was well above the standards of an average Grade "B" film with interesting camera angles and overhead shots. The costume design was only limited in repeating much too often the black dress worn by Tara. There could have been a greater variety of costuming, as it was clear that Tara and her family were affluent member of the Eastern intelligentsia.
Still, as a low-budget, direct-to-viewer film product, "Broken Vows" is an extremely entertaining and not-to-be-missed film bargain from your local Redbox machine!!! -
Island-Girl525 January 2021...Wes Bentley. That's all I need to say.
(Actually, IMDB is making me add this sentence as my review was too short.)