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Spring Breakers

  • 20122012
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  • 1h 34m
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James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine in Spring Breakers (2012)
Four college girls who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do some dirty work.
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Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms ... Read allFour college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
144K
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POPULARITY
1,704
293
    • Harmony Korine
    • Harmony Korine
  • Stars
    • Vanessa Hudgens
    • Selena Gomez
    • Ashley Benson
    • Harmony Korine
    • Harmony Korine
  • Stars
    • Vanessa Hudgens
    • Selena Gomez
    • Ashley Benson
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    • 655User reviews
    • 454Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
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    Vanessa Hudgens
    Vanessa Hudgens
    • Candy
    Selena Gomez
    Selena Gomez
    • Faith
    Ashley Benson
    Ashley Benson
    • Brit
    Rachel Korine
    Rachel Korine
    • Cotty
    James Franco
    James Franco
    • Alien
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    Heather Morris
    Heather Morris
    • Bess
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    Ash Lendzion
    • Forest
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    Emma Holzer
    Emma Holzer
    • Heather
    • (as Emma Jane Holzer)
    Lee Irby
    Lee Irby
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    Jeff Jarrett
    Jeff Jarrett
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    Russell Stuart
    Russell Stuart
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    • (as Russell Curry aka Dangeruss)
    Josh Randall
    Josh Randall
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    Travis Duncan
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    John McClain
    • Judge
    Paige Anderson
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    Rebecca Kauffman
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    Tony Robinette
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    • Trivia
      Harmony Korine stated that he wanted to make the film appear as a mixture of a Britney Spears music video and a Gaspar Noé film.
    • Goofs
      The girls are let out because someone posts their bail. However the judge says they can either spend two more days in county or pay a fine. The C.O. comes in and says someone paid their bail. No bail was set for them. Getting out on bail means you don't have to stay in jail until your court date, but you do have to go back to court. These girls don't have to back to court. They don't need to be bailed out. They just have to have their fine paid.
    • Quotes

      Faith: Hi grandma. Having so much fun here. This place... is special. I am starting to think this is the most spiritful place I've ever been. I think we found ourselves here. We finally got to see some other parts of the world. We saw some beautiful things here. God, I can't believe how many new friends we made. Friends from all over the place. I mean everyone was so sweet here. So warm and friendly. We' It's way more than just having a good time. God, it's so nice to get a break from my auntie for a little while. We'll always remember this trip. I wanna go back again next year with you. Something so amazing, magical. Something so beautiful. Feels as if the world is perfect. Like it's never gonna end.

    • Alternate versions
      To secure a "Not under 16" rating, the German distributor added some text panels to the end of the film. These panels tell the viewer that the girls were arrested, basically changing the moral outcome of the film. The DVD was released without the panels and with a "Not under 18" rating.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2012 (2012)
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    7/10
    Terrence Malick's Girls Gone Wild
    Faith, played by Selema Gomez, and her three very close friends plan to escape their boring college dorm lives to attend a massive Spring Break party. In order to pay for their getaway, her three friends commit an unthinkable act of terror. Their Spring Break vacation turns out to be a non-stop party of drunken drug use and sexual perversion that lands them in prison. This is when Alien, played by James Franco, bails them out and a new type of party begins.

    With a dub-step softcore porn music video opening sequence, it is uncertain if Spring Breakers is glorifying the demoralizing activities portrayed or if it is a satire. Even when the film is not flashing to what looks like stock footage of a Girls Gone Wild Spring Break special and we are with the girls, the framing seems to have been done by a sex addict. This will be one of the most uncomfortable experiences Selema Gomez's fans will ever experience. For parents, this will be an absolute nightmare. Younger male audiences, on the other hand, will think they've found their new favorite movie. When the girls are introduced to Alien the film feels like it gets a new director. The feeling of a Girls Gone Wild narrative feature film is lost and we are filled with a great sense of dread. Who is this guy who calls himself Alien? We even find ourselves afraid to find out what he has planned for these young girls he has bailed out of prison.

    As we continue through the second half of the film, it becomes very clear that we are in fact watching a satire. A horrific and effective satire. This is done though exposing the character of Alien and much credit must be given to James Franco, this is him at his best. Through the course of the film we go from fearing him, to laughing at him, to feeling sorry for him. The film is worth watching just for Franco's performance. The girls do an excellent job as well. These are easily two of the most frightening female characters ever put on-screen.

    Spring Breakers is written and directed by Harmony Korine, the writer of Kids and director of Gummo. If you've seen anything he has written or directed you already know what you are in for. It has the core of a Natural Born Killers story wrapped in layers of what would be if Terrence Malick directed Girls Gone Wild.

    What ends up becoming an annoying distraction is the repetition of dialogue we hear over and over again, playing in a loop. It's understood we are in the girl's shoes, things are spiraling out of control and the editing helps get that across. Some of it works but in the end, we've heard the same things so many times it is as if Korine is hammering the message of his satire into our heads, almost desperate to prove it has a point. Through the story it's meaning is made clear, no reason to over-use certain Malick-like editing techniques to over-state what the story has already made obvious.

    The core story is genius. The way in which the story is told is split between things that play out like a master at work and a new filmmaker still experimenting.
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    • Jul 19, 2013

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      • March 22, 2013 (United States)
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      • Pinellas County, Florida, USA
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