Breaking the Rules (also known as Sketches)[2] is a 1992 American drama film directed by Neal Israel, executive produced by Larry A. Thompson,[3] starring Jason Bateman, C. Thomas Howell, Jonathan Silverman and Annie Potts.

Phil (Jason Bateman) is a cancer-stricken man who tricks his two best friends, Gene (C. Thomas Howell) and Rob (Jonathan Silverman), whom he hasn't seen in a long time, to go on a road trip, by inviting them to a fake engagement party.

He tells them of his illness and all three decide to go to Los Angeles for Phil's dying wish: to be a contestant on Jeopardy!

On the way there they meet an attractive wild woman with a heart of gold (Annie Potts).

Roger Ebert savaged the film in his contemporary review, damning its inauthentic script wherein "one appalling scene follows another".