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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Asia Pacific World Search Search: Amy Poehler's "Spring Breakdown" lightens Sundance Reuters - Sunday, January 18 By Michelle Nichols PARK CITY, Utah - U.S. comedian Amy Poehler's film "Spring Breakdown" lightens the economic gloom shadowing the Sundance Film Festival, premiering despite itself having been rocked by the financial crisis. The comedy about three 30-something women who go on spring break -- the wild annual vacation taken by U.S. college students -- was made in 2006 but languished after its studio home shut down last year. "We came here just to toss it out there," Rachel Dratch, who co-wrote the film and stars alongside her former "Saturday Night Live" TV show colleague Poehler, told Reuters on Saturday. "It was at Warner Independent for a while and then they closed and it's kind of been tossed around a bit. So this was a fun way of seeing it in front of a crowd and just getting it out there and having a celebratory moment with it," she said. In 2008 the industry fell on hard times and Warner Bros film studio cut production and streamlined its operations by eliminating units like Warner Independent and absorbing New Line Cinema as the U.S. economy slipped into recession. "Spring Breakdown," which opened on Friday, cost between $10 million and $12 million to make and will likely appeal to women and gays, Poehler and Dratch said. "It's a Sundance sorbet in between all the war and oppression," said Dratch, 42, referring to serious movies at Sundance, the top U.S. independent film festival started 25 years ago by actor Robert Redford. "It's not typical Sundance fare," said Poehler, who left NBC's "Saturday Night Live" last year after giving birth to her son with husband actor Will Arnett. POEHLER NO JAY-Z Dratch said she wrote the film with director Ryan Shiraki with the goal of creating a "broad goofy comedy that stars women." Poehler, 37, was working with Dratch on "Saturday Night Live" when she was asked to be a part of the movie, which also stars Parker Posey. She said she jumped at the chance to work with her colleague. Early reviews were mixed. Fox News' Roger Friedman called it "raunchy, raucous, irreverent fun." But the Cinema Strikes Back blog, www.cinemastrikesback.com, said it was "startlingly unfunny" and a "bottom-scraping dud." Last year Poehler starred in the movie "Baby Mama" with former "Saturday Night Live" partner Tina Fey. Next month she begins filming a new NBC comedy series from two of the producers behind the popular workplace satire "The Office." "I feel really excited about trying something new. Getting to be a little smaller and showing that side of what I can do, I'm excited about that," Poehler said. The as-yet untitled TV series, set in a small-town parks and recreation office, will debut April 9. But Poehler, who impersonated Hillary Clinton on "Saturday Night Live" during last year's U.S. presidential campaign, says she misses working on the show and would return as a guest if asked. "I think probably not anytime soon. People might be a little tired of me saying I'm leaving and coming back," she said. "I do not want to be the Jay-Z of SNL -- saying I'm retiring then return." And she doesn't appear daunted about returning to work with her 3-month-old son, Archie. "A lot of women have to figure out how to juggle that," Poehler said. "I'm lucky enough to be able to have help in doing that. It's been great." Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Entertainment & Lifestyle 4 stabbed during club's party for 'Notorious' filmAP - 30 minutes ago Obama illustration finds place at Portrait GalleryAP - 2 hours 1 minute ago Amy Poehler's "Spring Breakdown" lightens SundanceReuters - Sunday, January 18 Spike Lee's a Sundance kid with `Passing Strange'AP - Sunday, January 18 Putin painting auctioned for over $1 millionAP - Sunday, January 18 Most Popular – Entertainment Viewed Zimbabwe unveils $100 trillion banknote 'Dogs don't wear condoms,' says Baywatch star Anderson Boy George jailed for 15 months for imprisoning escort Citigroup divides to conquer after 8.29 bln dlr loss Hormone drives sexy women to infidelity, says study View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular

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