Nora spent too many mornings waking up in a lonely, wine-induced stupor on her sofa. She has become closed off, desperate, and obviously tired of the magical man chase. Finding a loveable mate seems to be out of the question; the entire search thus far has left her with panic attacks, depression, and a bottle of Valium.

Just when Nora’s thoughts change to potentially settling for a bozo-boy with the right “image,” foregoing finding love simply to take the weight of singleness off her shoulders, a chain-smoking, romantic Frenchman, Julien (Melvin Poupaud), enters the film and shortly afterwards, Nora’s life. The ensuing days are full of fun, laughs, and adventures, which leads Nora to wrestling with the word "no". "No, this can’t happen… somewhere, somehow, I’m going to screw this up."

Perhaps you’ve found yourself in the middle of pickle. If not, all it takes is Broken English to see the ifs, ands, buts, and doubts of a self-conscious woman. Nora constantly wrestles with these in this relationship, making life more complicated than it really needs to be. Parker Posey turns in an outstanding performance while Nora tosses and turns questions of love, romance, commitment, her own self-identity and what she wants truly wants in her life.

In the midst of Broken English’s light tale of love’s longing and laughs, we experience Nora finding out who she is, what she truly wants, and where she wants to be in her life. We hang there with her during the film not really knowing what is to happen, only feeling her angst, disappointments, wonder, and excitement as she traverses through these hard lesson and grows from them.

For this reason, Broken English is more than the average romantic comedy. It is more than a cliché’ of girl meets boy, girl falls in love with boy, etc. The story line, the performance of Parker Posey, and Nora's journey of self-discovery make this a film that I highly recommend. Afterwards, I’m sure you’ll agree there was no room for disappointment and Broken English is a ducky film.

Rating: PG-13; Original language: English, French; Subtitled in: Spanish; Running time: 98 minutes.