some film seem long because it demand the audience attention at all time and others be so because the audience be bore . broken english fall comfortably in the latter . i have a feeling and in make broken english and cassvetes stick with safe ground . the topic and the set and and the character be nothing new to those familiar to the chick flick genre . be an independent film and she could have be a little more bold in her story and but she be too worried about please the judge than the audience . instead and it be reduce to a checklist independent film . lead role with obvious personality flaw check . cheat by playboy celebrity check . man in sexy accent check . nice guy and gay friend check . ethnic representation ( jewish and hispanic and asian and etc ) check . friend have secret psychological problem check . romantic location for end check . the interesting thing be and the broad brush cassavetes use to paint the typical american woman represent perpetual depression and distorted reality and aimlessly look for happiness in the wrong place and fear disguise in a sense independence . be this the message she be try to convey . to sum up and broken english try to be groundbreaking and or topical and or both . but it end up be a paint by number independent festival film . the distinction come not from the satisfaction of the audience and but from the tick mark on the judge evaluation form . i hope film such a broken english be not indicative of the trend in independent film making and but i be probably wrong .