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{{Infobox film
| name = Spring Breakdown
| image = SpringBreakdown_.JPEG

| caption = DVD cover
| director = Ryan Shiraki
| producer = Rick Berg Larry Kennar
| writer = Ryan Shiraki 
[[Rachel Dratch]]
| starring = [[Amy Poehler]] [[Parker Posey]] [[Rachel Dratch]] [[Amber Tamblyn]] [[Seth Meyers]] [[Sophie Monk]] [[Jonathan Sadowski]] [[Missi Pyle]] [[Jane Lynch]]
| music = [[Deborah Lurie]]
| cinematography = Frank G. DeMarco
| editing = Tom Lewis
| studio = [[Warner Premiere]] Code Entertainment
| distributor = [[Warner Home Video]]
| 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 29, 2009 |website= [[Sundance Film Festival]] | accessdate=April 14, 2022}}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $12 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814331/ |title=Spring Breakdown - Box office |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>
| 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 its [[Warner Bros.|parent]] in 2008, who decided to release the film [[direct-to-video]] in 2009, three years after [[principal photography]].

==Plot==
The film begins with Gayle, Becky and Judi performing in McCormick State College's Senior Talent Show in 1992. The three of them were the 'losers' and geeks in college but were always hopeful about their future. The next scene then jumps to 15 years later. Gayle is now a guide dog trainer for the visually handicapped. She asks her client out on a date but gets rejected after he touches her face. Becky is an office manager for Senator Hartmann. Judi and her fiance, William, go for relationship counseling and insist that there are no secrets between them. Becky returns home only to find her cat, Honey, dead. The three of them hold their usual 'make your own pizza party' and play their usual 'movie game'. They decide to go on a trip to Tempe, Arizona to the Wimmin's Music Festival.

Senator Hartmann announces to her team that she is the potential next vice president. In order to ensure success, she has to make sure that she has a good reputation and background. Her daughter Ashley’s boyfriend has recently broken up with her because she is not “slutty enough”. In order to win him back and not disappoint her mother, she decides that she will be going to South Padre for her spring break. She wants her to think that she is 'just like her mother was back in the days' - the most popular girl in her sorority and 'always up for a good time'. In order to make sure that Ashley does not act out, Senator Hartmann sends Becky to go to South Padre to keep an eye on her. Throughout the trip, Gayle becomes very close to a group of girls called The Sevens who are Ashley's nemesis.

Judi returns home and discovers that William is actually gay and he ends up breaking off with her. Judi meets up with Becky and Gayle and the three of them decide to go to South Padre to relive the college days that they never had. Even though the girls are appalled with the state of the place, Gayle and Judi fit into the crowd easily. They spend the next few days getting wasted while Becky keeps to the main reason of her being there. Gayle and Judi eventually persuade Becky into relaxing.

One night at a foam party, Ashley finds out that Becky was actually sent by her mother and feels betrayed because she thought they were friends. They engage in a cat fight and end up in jail. That night, William goes to find Judi and asks for a second chance. Then Judi bails Becky and Ashley out of jail. She announces to everyone that she is going to marry William. Gayle declares that she's going to be in the All Girl Talent Show with The Sevens because she is finally going to win. This leads to an argument, and Judi leaves to get married, while Becky and Gayle prepare separately for the talent contest.

At the airport, Judi finally admits to herself that William is gay and tells him she can't marry him. Gayle falls out with Mason, the leader of The Sevens, just before they go on stage. Senator Hartmann appears backstage and wants to bring Ashley back home by force. They have a confrontation and Ashley begs her mother to let her compete in the show, and her mother relents. As the group begins to perform, the pianist passes out (drunk) and Judi returns just in time to replace her. They perform, with begrudged success. The film ends with the three of them back home, at their usual 'make your own pizza party' playing their usual 'movie game'.

==Cast==
*[[Amy Poehler]] as Gayle O'Brien
*[[Parker Posey]] as Becky St. Germaine
*[[Rachel Dratch]] as Judi Joskow (now Cody)
*[[Amber Tamblyn]] as Ashley Hartmann
*[[Seth Meyers]] as William Rushfield
*[[Sophie Monk]] as Mason Masters
*[[Jonathan Sadowski]] as Doug
*[[Missi Pyle]] as Charlene
*[[Jane Lynch]] as Senator "Kay Bee" Hartmann
*[[Mae Whitman]] as Lydia
*[[Sarah Hagan]] as Truvy
*[[Jana Kramer]] as Seven #2
*[[Kristin Cavallari]] as Seven #3
*[[Justin Hartley]] as Todd
*[[Loretta Devine]] as Counselor

==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=https://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 |last=Beck |first=Marilyn |author2=Smith, Stacy Jenel |date= |title='Baby Mama' & Future of Femme Movie Comedies |url=http://channels.isp.netscape.com/celebrity/hollywoodexclusive.jsp?feature=ce_hol_04092008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413012209/http://channels.isp.netscape.com/celebrity/hollywoodexclusive.jsp?feature=ce_hol_04092008 |archive-date=April 13, 2008 |access-date=April 14, 2022 |work=[[AOL News]]}}</ref>

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 |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|50|5.8|12||ref=yes|access-date=September 23, 2024}}

''[[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 |last=Greene |first=Ray |date=January 17, 2009 |title=More like "Cinematic Breakdown" |url=http://boxoffice.com/reviews/2009/01/spring-breakdown.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120075010/http://boxoffice.com/reviews/2009/01/spring-breakdown.php |archive-date=January 20, 2009 |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=[[Boxoffice (magazine)|Boxoffice]]}}</ref> ''[[Bitch (magazine)|Bitch Media]]'' said "certain performances and small moments", particularly those of Jane Lynch and Missi Pyle, are what save the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vesey |first=Alyx |date=November 3, 2010 |title=Bechdel Test Canon: Spring Breakdown |url=https://www.bitchmedia.org/post/bechdel-test-canon-spring-breakdown |access-date=April 21, 2022 |website=[[Bitch Media]] |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0814331|title=Spring Breakdown}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|spring_breakdown}}

[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:2009 comedy films]]
[[Category:2009 direct-to-video films]]
[[Category:American comedy films]]
[[Category:American direct-to-video films]]
[[Category:Films about spring break]]
[[Category:Films scored by Deborah Lurie]]
[[Category:Films set in Texas]]
[[Category:Warner Bros. direct-to-video films]]
[[Category:2000s female buddy films]]
[[Category:2000s English-language films]]
[[Category:2000s American films]]
[[Category:English-language buddy films]]

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