{"id":43103,"date":"2025-03-04T17:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T00:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicsquaremag.org\/?p=43103"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:26:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T22:26:25","slug":"is-there-anyone-who-shouldnt-watch-rule-breakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicsquaremag.org\/bulletin\/is-there-anyone-who-shouldnt-watch-rule-breakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There Anyone Who Shouldn&#8217;t Watch &#8220;Rule Breakers&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a moment where the Dreamers team is waiting to hear if they will attend an upcoming competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They wait. Their coach comes out. \u201cYes,\u201d she says. The group pauses. Nothing happens. The coach says yes again, and suddenly, everyone cheers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scene is emblematic of the joys and shortfalls of Angel Studios&#8217; latest and most uncharacteristic film.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can\u2019t help but hope for the best for the group of girls at the film\u2019s center. The film intends to make you cheer, but the pacing hiccups make it difficult to know when you\u2019re supposed to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In many respects, \u201cRule Breakers\u201d follows the model of a classic based-on-a-true-story sports movie. You construct the team. They overcome challenges. They succeed through a series of competitions until the big moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the particulars are quite different. Our competitors here are teenage girls from Afghanistan. The competition is robotics. The challenges are not just the discrimination that has become <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">de facto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to sports movies but also bombings and customs regulations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The characters are such personable go-getters facing so many struggles that you can\u2019t help but root for them. The distinct story helps keep the genre fresh. But the same novelty that benefits the film also makes it hard to understand the stakes. What does it take to get admitted to these competitions? Which competitions are important? What is the goal of the young women participating? The reactions from the characters to their placement were different enough from how I felt that I wondered what I was missing. The series of competitions all felt co-equal. It\u2019d be like watching a baseball movie that starts in spring training and ends in July. You\u2019d feel excited for their growth and wins, but it lacks the build-up and climax that is inherent in the form.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikohl Boosheri plays Roya who became an early female computer programmer in Afghanistan turned coach for the team. She turns in a controlled, understated acting job. Her performance is believable for someone determinedly overcoming the many challenges she does. But what it has in verisimilitude, it lacks in accessibility. I wanted to understand her journey, but instead, I watched her conquer logistics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The remainder of the cast follows Boosheri\u2019s lead. For as inexperienced as the ensemble is, there is hardly a misstep. But the characters also don\u2019t feel distinct.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In many ways, the film reminded me of a documentary. It feels as though it follows events, not a story, and it follows people, not characters. But it also doesn\u2019t have the authenticity or immediacy that sets documentary footage apart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I struggle to imagine the misanthrope that wouldn\u2019t like this film. Its themes are so deeply human just about anyone will be able to feel them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is one scene between Roya and a Hispanic man named Jesus. They introduce themselves, and she responds, \u201cLike the Christian prophet?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesus responds, \u201cYeah, is that a problem?\u201d Roya takes a beat and chuckles to herself, \u201cNo. My father is named Mohammed.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By being so specific to such a distinct slice of humanity, \u201cRule Breakers\u201d somehow manages to speak to all of us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s far from a perfect film, but if you love sports movies and culture clash movies, you will love this movie. And even if you don\u2019t, you\u2019ll cheer along. This is an easy film to watch with kids. It\u2019s not flashy enough to keep most kids&#8217; attention, but the plot moves well enough to engage older kids. And there is nothing objectionable at any point for anyone except learning about off-screen violence that could be thematically hard for very young children. It may not seem obvious, but this is a family film in the truest sense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two and a half out of five stars. \u201cRules Breakers\u201d releases in theaters nationwide on March 7, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a moment where the Dreamers team is waiting to hear if they will attend an upcoming competition.\u00a0 They wait. Their coach comes out. \u201cYes,\u201d she says. The group pauses. Nothing happens. The coach says yes again, and suddenly, everyone cheers. The scene is emblematic of the joys and shortfalls of Angel Studios&#8217; latest and most uncharacteristic film.\u00a0 You can\u2019t help but hope for the best for the group of girls at the film\u2019s center. The film intends to make you cheer, but the pacing hiccups make it difficult to know when you\u2019re supposed to.\u00a0 In many respects, \u201cRule Breakers\u201d follows the model of a classic based-on-a-true-story sports movie. You construct the team. They overcome challenges. They succeed through a series of competitions until the big moment. But the particulars are quite different. Our competitors here are teenage girls from Afghanistan. The competition is robotics. The challenges are not just the discrimination that has become de facto to sports movies but also bombings and customs regulations.\u00a0 The characters are such personable go-getters facing so many struggles that you can\u2019t help but root for them. The distinct story helps keep the genre fresh. But the same novelty that benefits the film also makes it hard to understand the stakes. What does it take to get admitted to these competitions? Which competitions are important? What is the goal of the young women participating? The reactions from the characters to their placement were different enough from how I felt that I wondered what I was missing. The series of competitions all felt co-equal. It\u2019d be like watching a baseball movie that starts in spring training and ends in July. You\u2019d feel excited for their growth and wins, but it lacks the build-up and climax that is inherent in the form.\u00a0 Nikohl Boosheri plays Roya who became an early female computer programmer in Afghanistan turned coach for the team. She turns in a controlled, understated acting job. Her performance is believable for someone determinedly overcoming the many challenges she does. But what it has in verisimilitude, it lacks in accessibility. I wanted to understand her journey, but instead, I watched her conquer logistics.\u00a0 The remainder of the cast follows Boosheri\u2019s lead. For as inexperienced as the ensemble is, there is hardly a misstep. But the characters also don\u2019t feel distinct.\u00a0 In many ways, the film reminded me of a documentary. It feels as though it follows events, not a story, and it follows people, not characters. But it also doesn\u2019t have the authenticity or immediacy that sets documentary footage apart. I struggle to imagine the misanthrope that wouldn\u2019t like this film. Its themes are so deeply human just about anyone will be able to feel them.\u00a0 There is one scene between Roya and a Hispanic man named Jesus. They introduce themselves, and she responds, \u201cLike the Christian prophet?\u201d Jesus responds, \u201cYeah, is that a problem?\u201d Roya takes a beat and chuckles to herself, \u201cNo. My father is named Mohammed.\u201d\u00a0 By being so specific to such a distinct slice of humanity, \u201cRule Breakers\u201d somehow manages to speak to all of us. It\u2019s far from a perfect film, but if you love sports movies and culture clash movies, you will love this movie. And even if you don\u2019t, you\u2019ll cheer along. This is an easy film to watch with kids. It\u2019s not flashy enough to keep most kids&#8217; attention, but the plot moves well enough to engage older kids. And there is nothing objectionable at any point for anyone except learning about off-screen violence that could be thematically hard for very young children. It may not seem obvious, but this is a family film in the truest sense.\u00a0 Two and a half out of five stars. \u201cRules Breakers\u201d releases in theaters nationwide on March 7, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[870],"tags":[],"coauthors":[243],"class_list":["post-43103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulletin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who Shouldn&#039;t Watch Rule Breakers? | Public Square Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is There Anyone Who Shouldn\u2019t Watch \u201cRule Breakers\u201d? | Is the Rule Breakers Movie a True Story? | What is Rule Breakers About? | Our Review on Rule Breakers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/publicsquaremag.org\/bulletin\/is-there-anyone-who-shouldnt-watch-rule-breakers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who Shouldn&#039;t Watch Rule Breakers? | Public Square Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is There Anyone Who Shouldn\u2019t Watch \u201cRule Breakers\u201d? | Is the Rule Breakers Movie a True Story? | What is Rule Breakers About? | Our Review on Rule Breakers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/publicsquaremag.org\/bulletin\/is-there-anyone-who-shouldnt-watch-rule-breakers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Public Square Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-05T00:59:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-24T22:26:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"C.D. 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