A poor excuse for a teen road movie, BREAKING THE RULES manages to live up to its makers' reputations. Coming from director Neal Israel (POLICE ACADEMY, BACHELOR PARTY) and producers Jonathan D. Krane (MICKI AND MAUDE, BLIND DATE) and Kent Bateman (TEEN WOLF TOO), this is a dubious
distinction at best.
Phil Stepler (Jason Bateman), a free-spirited college dropout, brings together his childhood best friends--Gene Michaels (C. Thomas Howell), a young Lothario past his prime, and Rob Konigsberg (Jonathan Silverman), an uptight med student with musical ambitions--to their hometown, Cleveland.
Formerly songwriting partners, Gene and Rob have been estranged ever sinc...
Released:
1992
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
100 mins