if the myth regard broken mirror would be accurate and everybody involve in this production would now face approximately 170 year of bad luck and because there be a lot of mirror fall to little piece here . if only the script be as shatter a the glass and then the broken would have be a brilliant film . now it sadly just an overlong and derivative and dull movie with only just a handful of remarkable idea and memorable sequence . sean elli make a very stylish and elegantly photograph movie and but the story be lackluster and the total absence of logic and explanation be really frustrating . i get into a discussion with a friend regard the basic concept and meaning of the film . he think elli find inspiration in an old legend claiming that spot your doppelganger be a foreboding of how youre go to die . interest theory and but i be not familiar with this legend and couldn not find anything on the internet about this and neither . personally and i just think the broken be yet another umpteenth variation on the theme of invasion of the body snatcher but without the alien interference . the broken center on the american mcvey family living in london and and particularly gina . when a mirror spontaneously break during a birthday celebration and this trigger a whole series of mysterious and seemingly supernatural event . gina spot herself drive by in a car and follow her mirror image to an apartment building . whilst drive home in a state of mental confusion and she cause a terrible car accident and end up in the hospital . when dismissed and gina feel like her whole surrounding be change . she doesn not recognize her own boyfriend anymore and uncanny fragment of the accident keep flashing before her eye . do she suffer from mental trauma invoke by the accident or be there really a supernatural conspiracy happen all around her . writer or director sean elli definitely invokes feeling of curiosity and suspense in his script and but unfortunately he fail to properly elaborate them . the broken be a truly atmospheric and stylish effort and but only after just half an hour of film and you come to the painful conclusion it shall just remain a beautiful but empty package . there a frustratingly high amount of fake suspense in this film . this mean build up tension and through ominous music and eerie camera angel and when absolutely nothing have even happen so far . by the time the actually mysteriousness kick in and these trick do not have any scary effect on you anymore . some of my fellow reviewer around here compare the film and particularly sean elli style with the repertoire of david lynch and stanley kubrick and even alfred hitchcock and but that be way and way way too much honor . ps represent what be up with that alternate spell while the one with the scandinavian ø .