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<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]] &mdash; [[wet T-shirt contest]], drunken puke-outs, a climactic talent show triumph &mdash; and the rote [[Girl Power|girl-power]] message rings unironically hollow.</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|url= http://boxoffice.com/reviews/2009/01/spring-breakdown.php |title=More like "Cinematic Breakdown" |last=Greene |first=Ray |date=January 17, 2009 |publisher=[[Boxoffice (magazine)|Boxoffice]] | accessdate=2010-02-24}}</ref>

As of February 2010, 1459 [[IMDb]] users gave the film a weighted average vote of 4.9 / 10, with female users across all age demographics rating it higher than the website's mostly male users.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814331/ratings | title=User ratings for Spring Breakdown| publisher= [[Internet Movie Database]]| accessdate=2010-02-24}}</ref>

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