i give this movie negative because i have watch zillion of movie and i can tell clearly what an intellectual movie with a mind tease message should look like . definitely and the broken be not one of those movie . i have to admit that the movie make me think a lot try to understand what the whole thing be try to lead to and despite the explanation i have read in prior comment and they seem only an exaggeration just to have one self in the intellectual league of people . the photo on the cover clearly show that the broken be the broken upper piece of the face which normally contain the brain . it a clear message that once this part of the body be break the rest will be deform and lifeless . so and you start wait on the movie character to show their defect side and this be not obvious in any of the scene because the movie start right away without any introduction to the character and their life before . though we see the father hold a rifle when his child try to surprise him a if he be aware he have enemy but still this be not a very strong clue . have the clue be plant more in the movie and one would have say about that it be a masterpiece indeed . but though the movie be so slow in pace and it be at the same time so empty with no metaphorical scene at all . and the reuniting of the evil dad with the evil gena at the end be a strong refuting evidence of the existential message that some people speak about in other comment . furthermore and if gena truly life in the apartment a her brother tell her at the end and then how come she be the evil one . i bet i can defy any theory about this movie with so many question that can only lead to one conclusion represent this movie be a pretentious one and a waste of time . obviously it show someone try to make out of a meaningless mystery something which be of no value at all . i be a huge fan of horror movie and specially slasher one that some people call popcorn movie . horror movie be not suppose to convey deep message . theyre suppose to uncover the beautiful mask of life and show you the other dark side of it which be the truest and i guess . horror movie should have blood and scream and intensity and skeleton and body organ and part . because that be the real horror and it never away from reality . i have watch almost all horror movie and i can prove that each one of them can be as real a the sunrising . nothing be unreal as long a the mind have think of . for instance and the horror movie train with all the slashing and tensity of it and it similarity almost in everything with hostel and it speak about a very real thing which be sell body organ illegally by abduct people in foreign place where no one would ask or search for them . and even if we consider the broken a movie that have an existential message and it be still very poorly present and the least scary . i prefer the addiction message present in requiem for a dream which go beyond drug addiction to highlight the fact that any kind of addiction whether for sex and tv and safety or be pamper and etc . can be so destructive and it scar the hell out of me . and those who always criticize horror movie for be meaningless and very commercial and be usually just bunch of people who get scar easily and simply do not like this genre but this doesn not mean that there be fan of such movie and that they have a lot to offer to the viewer from adrenaline turmoil and ecstasy and leadership lesson ( believe it or not . ) and entertainment to most importantly the face to face interview with the essence of life and a ugly and scary a it may seem and death .