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Spring Breakers
2013 94 min France, United States of America, Mexico R 18+
★5.6
Drama, Crime
Director: Harmony Korine
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Description
After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird dude with his own criminal agenda.
Budget:
$5M
US Gross:
$14.12M
Worldwide:
$32.02M
Starring
Vanessa Hudgens
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Selena Gomez
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Ashley Benson
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Awards
Venice Film Festival 2012
— Future Film Festival Digital Award – Special Mention
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2014
— Best Kiss
Venice Film Festival 2012
— Golden Lion
Key opinion
Spring Breakers is a highly polarizing film that divides audiences between those who view it as an atmospheric, psychedelic study of youth nihilism and those who see it as a vacuous, repetitive mess. While the performances, particularly James Franco’s eccentric turn, are often highlighted as the film's strongest asset, the lack of a traditional plot and the reliance on gratuitous, redundant imagery leave many viewers feeling alienated or bored.
| Acting | James Franco provides a singular, captivating performance as the rapper-gangster Alien, serving as the film's most notable bright spot. | |
| Cinematography | The cinematography and editing create a hypnotic, music-video-inspired aesthetic that successfully captures a dreamlike, drug-addled tone. | |
| Score | The film features a largely forgettable or intrusive soundtrack that fails to resonate with a significant portion of the audience. | |
| Screenplay | The script is criticized for being thin, repetitive, and overly reliant on nihilistic posturing rather than meaningful character development or logical plotting. | |
| Pacing | The nonlinear, experimental pacing divides viewers; some find the contemplative, repetitive nature of the film mesmerizing, while others find it tedious and worthy of severe trimming. | |
| Theme | Opinions on the film's thematic depth are split between those who interpret it as a profound, provocative commentary on American youth culture and those who dismiss it as pretentious, incoherent, and gratuitously offensive. |