Spring Breakers

R

Released Mar 15, 2013

1 hr. 34 min.

Comedy

Crime

Drama

List

68%

198 Reviews

Tomatometer

38%

50,000+ Ratings

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College students Candy (Vanessa Hudgens), Faith (Selena Gomez), Brit (Ashley Benson) and Cotty (Rachel Korine) are short of the cash they need for a spring-break trip, so they rob a diner and head down to Florida. However, the police soon break up the party and arrest them. The curvaceous quartet are unexpectedly bailed out by a drug dealer and aspiring rap artist named Alien (James Franco). Soon after, three of the four gal pals decide to join Alien in a life of crime.

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Critics Consensus

Spring Breakers blends stinging social commentary with bikini cheesecake and a bravura James Franco performance.

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Richard L

Basically an extended music video, from the non-existent plot to the shoddy direction, terrible camerawork and trashy lighting. Its only saving grace is Vanessa Hudgens, but I'd rather be watching The Princess Switch.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/02/24

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Nick B

This movie is peak childhood

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/22/24

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Raiodesol S

A very different idea that is very well executed visually with its subjetive lighting, shots and sometimes dialogue. But it fails to deliver depth and empathy towards the character and eventually to the plot. It's fascinating to see but when not accompanied with depth it becomes a bland story. This movie is amazing for TikTok or YouTube shorts.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/02/24

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Matthew H

Every character is unlikable. Showcases the worst parts of human nature and American culture in a way that's reminiscent of your friend flexing something he thinks is cool but in reality makes you feel bad for him

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/24

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Sara

This movie is pure genius. How often do you get to watch James Franco suck hard on a gloc for a solid 5 minutes? Their court scene portrayals are spot on for what we all would like to see go down in the court of law. Must watch. Two thumbs way way up.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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Jaden W

This was possibly the worst movie I've ever seen. It seems to just be a compilation of James Franco's fantasies and montages of girls moaning. Not really anything else to say other than what is up with the colored artificial lighting at all hours of the day?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/02/24

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Harmony Korine

Director

James Franco

Alien

Vanessa Hudgens

Candy

Selena Gomez

Faith

Ashley Benson

Brit

Rachel Korine

Cotty

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Adam Nayman

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Whether [it] is a great movie or an uncommonly accomplished bit of fraudulence is an eye of the beholder thing, but there’s something to be said for a film that somehow captures and enshrines an era’s attention-deficit aesthetic...

Mar 25, 2023

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Brittani Nichols

Autostraddle

Is it social commentary on today's young adult culture? I don't see how. Is it satire? I surely wish it was. Instead this was an earnest try at something...I don't know what.

Jun 15, 2021

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J. Hoberman

The New York Review of Books

Spring Breakers is a crowd-pleaser, although given its confounding creepiness, the crowd it pleases most is surely the forty-year-old filmmaker's intellectual fan base.

Mar 8, 2019

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

It’s Bonnie and Bonnie and Bonnie and Clyde with Day-Glo color, teen exhibitionism, and gangsta street violence, with a pop music score and a hip-hop mixmaster soundtrack and editing style.

May 6, 2023

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

Its juxtaposition of sound and imagery is stunning.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 31, 2023

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Sergi Sánchez

Fotogramas

Korine uses Gomez and Hudgens like Godard used Fonda in Tout va Bien: Symbols the film flips to its favor and against... they become sympathetic [fast] and turn into superheroes that seem to have escaped a white trash Barbarella. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Jul 29, 2022

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Synopsis

College students Candy (Vanessa Hudgens), Faith (Selena Gomez), Brit (Ashley Benson) and Cotty (Rachel Korine) are short of the cash they need for a spring-break trip, so they rob a diner and head down to Florida. However, the police soon break up the party and arrest them. The curvaceous quartet are unexpectedly bailed out by a drug dealer and aspiring rap artist named Alien (James Franco). Soon after, three of the four gal pals decide to join Alien in a life of crime.

Director: Harmony Korine
Executive Producer: Vikram Chatwal, Chris Contogouris, Megan Ellison, Ted Field
Screenwriter: Harmony Korine
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Muse Productions, Radar Pictures, Rabbit Bandini Productions
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Nudity|Strong Sexual Content|Violence Throughout)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 15, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 18, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.1M

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