Breakin' All the Rules

When it comes to getting dumped... he wrote the book.

After being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking up. When it becomes a smash bestseller, he starts giving his player cousin, Evan, choice tips on how to win the battle of the sexes. But when Evan's beautiful girlfriend Nikki gets wind of the plan, it's these players that end up getting played.

2004

Comedy·Romance

1h 25min

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Top Billed Cast

Jamie Foxx
Quincy Watson
Morris Chestnut
Evan
Gabrielle Union
Nikki
Peter MacNicol
Philip Gascon
Jennifer Esposito
Rita Monroe
Bianca Lawson
Helen Sharp
Jill Ritchie
Amy
Heather Headley
Self (Singer)
Octavia Spencer
Stylist
Danny Comden
Sam
Patrick Cranshaw
Mr. Lynch
Bob Stephenson
Ticket Master
Faune Chambers Watkins
The Betty
Trae Ireland
Trey
Gerald Emerick
TV Host
Samantha Nagel
Sandra
Jessica Landon
Swedish Girlfriend
Steven J. Pershing
Zig Zag Valet (uncredited)

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