Breaking the Girls Page #2

Synopsis: Sara, a college student who was slandered by a classmate, finds herself framed for murder by Alex, who initially proposed the perfect, untraceable crime.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director(s): Jamie Babbit
Production: IFC Films
 
IMDB:
5.1
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
83 min
Website
182 Views


that lived in Topanga.

Oh my God, Topanga?

Every time I drive through there,

I'm like scared

someone's gonna run out, and spray

me with some patchouli or something.

Just trust me.

I think your hippie aunt

was trying to poison you.

Maybe.

She was pretty crazy.

One year she actually made me

and my sister matching muumuus.

Muumuus? On children?

Oh, god. That's disturbing.

Did she at least grow her own weed?

- Can we just call her right now...

- No, we can't call her.

Hello?

Um, yeah, sure.

I can come in.

Okay.

That's Professor Nolan.

I have to go in.

So I guess

I should get going.

I...

Yeah, I've been hooking up with

a lot of straight girls recently, so I...

know the drill.

- I've had a lot of fun last night, I just

- Was a one time thing.

Friends?

Friends.

Okay.

Unfortunately, policies

at the university

dictate that your

fellowship be revoked.

But it's one person's word

against mine.

I didn't steal anything.

No one on this campus

finds this more unfair than I do.

Of all the students here,

you deserve to be here.

Brooke Potter's aunt

head's that committee.

Brooke Potter?

- She called her aunt?

- Stealing is a California felony

Which at this university

is an automatic revocation.

It could've been worse. I fought

hard against your expulsion.

I'm never gonna make it

without that scholarship money.

Listen, you just stay

here through this term,

and hopefully we will

figure something out.

Meet me outside Alex

Hey, Brooke!

- Know what this is?

- No.

Please, get out of my face.

Oh, I'll be out of your face soon enough.

I've just lost

my housing thanks to you.

I'm sorry, but I have

no idea what you're talking about.

First you get me fired then you get

your aunt to revoke my scholarship?

And now I don't have

a place to live.

I think you know exactly

what I'm talking about.

Maybe you should've thought about that

before you did all those things you did.

I'm not stupid, Brooke. I will tear you

down, before I let you get in my way.

You better watch your back,

you f***ing b*tch.

- What just happened?

- I've no idea. She just attacked me.

- That looked like fun, huh?

- Yeah, I think I scared her a little.

I'm gonna smoke you out,

and take you for a joy ride.

We stopped, that's it?

I thought you had to eat?

- My lady.

- Thank you.

Thought you were the only

who knew how to steal?

Here, I have a bottle opener.

Crack that thing open.

- Okay.

- Let the adventure begin.

Tell me a secret.

I have a pet snail.

It's my mom's.

They live forever.

- Lame f***ing secret.

- What? No, it's not.

- What are you doing?

- We're already criminals,

might as well add littering

to the file, huh?

We're modern day Bonny and Read.

- Who?

- Anne Bonny and Mary Read?

Two of the most famous lady pirates

of the 17th century?

- My thesis subject?

- Never heard of 'em.

When the British finally

caught up with them...

the judge asked if they

had any last words,

- Know what they said?

- What did they say?

They said that they were pregnant,

and it was illegal to kill

pregnant ladies back then, so...

- Those were some crafty pirates.

- Yeah.

Yup, they made their own rules.

Like us.

They made up their own rules.

I want to show you

where I grew up, okay?

- Okay.

- Alright. Let's go.

Wow, nice Mustang.

Yeah, it's Davids,

my stepdad's car.

My stepdad is building some

mega mansion in Malibu, so...

he hasn't really

been keeping it up.

It was built by silent film star

and an oil heiress.

They only lived here a week before

he drove his car up in the sea.

And then they turned

it into a place for nuns.

Pretty weird, huh?

I call him David Jr..

Does Nina kill them herself?

Who knows? Probably.

Try not to ask too many questions.

Here, I'll show you Nina's studio.

She really hates it

when I go in here.

Welcome to the freak show,

where animals come to die.

I like this one.

It's got a sexy feel.

Check out this blade.

Wow, it's beautiful.

Didn't you even do this

when you were a kid?

We're blood sisters now.

This is my favorite spot.

If I lived here, I think I'd be

in the pool every day.

Believe me, I was.

My mom died here.

In the pool?

I found her.

Suicide.

I'm sorry.

She looked beautiful. Her hair was

all fanned out, like a mermaid.

I feel closest to her

when I'm in the water.

So what about your mom?

You said your aunt raised you.

- I'm sorry.

- No, it's okay.

My Dad...

left when I was young and...

my mom died around the same time.

How did she die?

No one knows.

Alright, c'mon.

Let's go have some fun.

Hey, we have neighbors.

Hello?

Don't play music at night.

Didn't I tell you that if you're gonna

show up here, you gotta call first?

It's really not a good weekend,

Alex.

I never had to call and

ask permission before

Now you do. Because you're in college.

You have your own place which I pay for,

So please, just call.

You've been in college

for six years.

Perhaps there's some studying

you should be doing.

I've got it honey.

Why do you have to be such a

b*tch all the time, Nina?

I'm a b*tch?

You're a spoiled little brat. You don't

deserve half of what David gives you.

Everything David has, he

has because of my mother.

This is my mother's f***ing house.

You love to play

the victim, don't you?

This house is big enough

for all of us, alright?

If you wanna stay here for the weekend,

stay here for the weekend.

You stay in your part of the

house. We'll stay in ours.

Okay?

Just next time you call.

Okay.

I'm sorry. I'm David.

Sara.

You look familiar.

Have I met her before?

No.

Well, nice to meet you now, Sara.

You don't understand.

David is the only family that I have.

I do understand, believe me.

We got so close after my mom died.

We saved each other.

I've always considered him

more a dad than a stepdad.

Then Nina moved in,

and all that's gone.

When she moved in, she took down

every last picture of my mother.

It was all I had left of her.

I'm sorry.

Whatever.

F*** her.

F*** everybody.

Can everyone please include Brooke?

She is such a b*tch.

And she has the man

you want, right?

Yes, she is one tenacious

little parasite.

You have to kill parasites

before they suck you dry.

Yeah, seriously.

I bet she's miserable.

They'd probably both be happy

to be put out of their misery.

Don't you wish that killing

could just be legal?

The lady pirates did it.

We could've done it 300 years ago.

So, how about this? You can't kill

Brooke, and I can't kill Nina

Because we'd get caught, obviously.

But if we swap murders

then no one would ever guess.

I think you smoked

a little too much tonight.

I kill Brooke,

you kill Nina.

It's so simple.

I love it.

You like my idea, don't you?

Yes, of course.

I think all your ideas.

Fancy meeting you here.

- Where are you headed?

- Alex is picking me up.

She's letting me stay

with her, thank god.

Good.

Look, I'm really sorry

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