Breakin' All the Rules is a 2004 American comedy film. It was directed

Film director

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 and written

Screenwriter

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 by Daniel Taplitz.

Plot

Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx) is unceremoniously dumped by his fiancée, and pens a "how to" book on breaking up and becomes a best-selling author on the subject. Not wanting his male friends to suffer the same fate, he gives them advice on dumping their mates. After his cousin Evan(Morris Chestnut) reads Quincy's book he starts to question his relationship with his girlfriend. Evan breaks up with her and has some time to think it over so he calls over his cousin and tells him to get her but he doesnt know what she looks like so he tries to get her for him but end up making a date with her. They date but some time passed by and it was a party for Quincy's hot seller book but Evan finds out that Quincy is dating his ex girlfriend and became upset with him. He left the party and was determined to get her to talk to him. She decides to leave town and forget about him, but he follows her to the train station. As the train is speeding away he confesses his live for her and bites into his hand.

Main cast

• Jamie Foxx
  Jamie Foxx
  Eric Marlon Bishop , professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian, and talk radio host. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a...
  
   ... as Quincy Watson
• Peter MacNicol
  Peter MacNicol
  Peter MacNicol is an American actor. He may be best known in films for his roles of Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II, Stingo in Sophie's Choice, Thomas Renfield in Dracula: Dead and Loving It and David Langley in Bean...
  
   ... as Philip Gascon
• Morris Chestnut
  Morris Chestnut
  Morris L. Chestnut is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as teenage father Ricky Baker in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, groom-to-be Lance Sullivan in the 1999 film The Best Man, as Tracy Reynolds, NBA star in the 2002 film Like Mike, and as the Visitor Ryan in the...
  
   ... as Evan Fields
• Gabrielle Union
  Gabrielle Union
  Gabrielle Monique Union is an American actress and former model. Among her notable roles is as the cheerleader opposite Kirsten Dunst in the film Bring it On. Union starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the blockbuster film Bad Boys II and played a medical doctor in the CBS drama...
  
   ... as Nicky Callas
• Jennifer Esposito
  Jennifer Esposito
  Jennifer Esposito is an American actress, dancer and model, known for her appearances in films such as I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Summer of Sam and Crash and in television series such as Spin City, The Looney Tunes Show and Samantha Who?.-Early life:Esposito, an Italian-American, was...
  
   ... as Rita Monroe
• Bianca Lawson
  Bianca Lawson
  Bianca Jasmine Lawson is an American film and television actress.-Early life:Lawson was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Denise and actor Richard Lawson. Bianca is also the great niece of Motown founder Berry Gordy...
  
   ... as Helen Sharp
• Jill Ritchie
  Jill Ritchie
  Jill Susanne Ritchie is an American actress born on March 5, 1974 in Romeo, Michigan.She starred in the 2004 film D.E.B.S. and in Breakin' All the Rules, and had a guest role as Bluth family publicist Jessie in an episode of Arrested Development. She co-starred in the VH1 television series I Hate...
  
   ... as Amy
• Danny Comden
  Danny Comden
  Danny Hill Comden is an American actor, director, film producer and writer. He is best known for playing Stevie Hanson in the ABC sitcom I'm with Her, Blake in Urban Legend and Roger Nicholl in Pretty Persuasion. He wrote and directed Sol Goode, in which he also starred...
  
   ... as Sam

Reception

Breakin' All the Rules was received negatively by critics. 33% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes

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gave the film a positive review; the consensus reading: "This formulaic screwball comedy is weighed down by a contrived, overly complicated plot."

The film opened at #5 in its opening weekend at the box office, ultimately grossing $12,544,254 worldwide.