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{{Infobox film
| name = Spring Breakdown
| image = SpringBreakdown_.JPEG
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| cinematography = Frank G. DeMarco
| editing = Tom Lewis
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| distributor = [[Warner Premiere]]
| released = {{Film date|2009|01|16|Sundance|2009|06|02|United States}}
| runtime = 84 minutes<ref>{{cite web| url= http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/spring_breakdown |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129224454/http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/spring_breakdown |title= Spring Breakdown |archive-date=January
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $12.3 million
| gross =
}}
'''''Spring Breakdown''''' is a 2009 American [[comedy film]] directed by Ryan Shiraki and starring [[Amy Poehler]], [[Parker Posey]], and [[Rachel Dratch]].
The movie was originally filmed in 2006 and was then sold to [[Warner Independent Pictures]], where it sat on the shelf. The company was shut down by [[Warner Bros.|its parent company]] in 2008, who decided to then release the film [[direct-to-video]] in 2009, three years after [[principal photography]].
==Plot==
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==Production and release==
The script was developed by [[Rachel Dratch]] and Ryan Shiraki, who were colleagues on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2009 |title=The Ladies Make Him Laugh |url=https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2009-05-13/the-ladies-make-him-laugh |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=Brown Alumni Magazine |language=en}}</ref> ''Spring Breakdown'' was filmed in 2006 and was initially created by [[Rogue Pictures]] as an "R-rated [[spring break|spring-break]] [[farce]]"; it was then sold to [[Warner Independent Pictures]] as a PG-13 film and underwent a long [[post-production]] period.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Keeps |first=David A. |date=January 22, 2009 |title=Ryan Shiraki’s ‘Spring Breakdown’ is his big break |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-22-et-sundance22-story.html?_ga=2.107683968.322378966.1649955344-552815845.1649955343 |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> The Los Angeles Times described the film’s post-production:<blockquote>“''Spring Breakdown''” might be a case study of recession-era managed expectations and the sometimes-uneasy alliance between independent auteurs and bottom-line-fixated studios. The script about three women attempting a college “do-over” -- which might be neatly described as “''[[Where the Boys Are]]''” meets “''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]''”…endured a long post-production period, and then sat on the shelf awaiting release.<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>The score to ''Spring Breakdown'' was composed by [[Deborah Lurie]] who recorded her score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony conducted by Blake Neely and recorded by Greg Dennen at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at [[Warner Brothers]].<ref name="scoring">{{cite news |author=Goldwasser |first=Dan |date=July 24, 2008 |title=Deborah Lurie scores ''Spring Breakdown'' |work=ScoringSessions.com |url=http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/149 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422105657/http://scoringsessions.com/2008/07/24/deborah-lurie-scores-spring-breakdown/ |archive-date=April 22, 2016}}</ref>
In April 2008, co-star [[Missi Pyle]] believed the box-office performance of [[Baby Mama (film)|''Baby Mama'']] would determine whether Warner Bros. released this film theatrically.<ref>{{cite web |
The film was screened at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January 2009 as part of [[List of films at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival#Park City at Midnight|Park City at Midnight]] before going [[direct-to-video]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Noel |date=May 31, 2009 |title=A ‘Road’ that led nowhere |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-may-31-ca-new31-story.html?_ga=2.112463750.322378966.1649955344-552815845.1649955343 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
==Reception==
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine called the film "energetic but uninspired" with a "party-boatload of comedic talent [that] is fairly wasted" and notes:
<blockquote>There are funny lines scattered about, and the pacey pic has an aptly cheesy look dominated by the neon hues of tropical drinks and thong wear. But the situations offer no real satiric finesse on familiar genre [[Trope (literature)|tropes]] — [[wet T-shirt contest]], drunken puke-outs, a climactic talent show triumph — and the rote [[Girl Power|girl-power]] message rings unironically hollow.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=Dennis |date=January 19, 2009 |title=Spring Breakdown |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/spring-breakdown-1200473242/ |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref></blockquote>
Ray Greene of ''[[Boxoffice (magazine)|Boxoffice]]'' magazine, after seeing the film at Sundance, gave the film no stars, saying "The annual Sundance “What the f---” moment has arrived in the form of ''Spring Breakdown'', a very bad genre exercise starring some very good comedic actresses."<ref>{{cite web |
==References==
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[[Category:Films set in Texas]]
[[Category:Warner Bros. direct-to-video films]]
[[Category:2000s female buddy films]]
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