Breathe In
When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.
Director:
Drake Doremus
Cast:
Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Mackenzie Davis |
Screenplay:
Drake Doremus, Ben York Jones
Screening Date:
Mar 15, 2014
Running Time:
98 minutes
| Excellent | Very Good | Good | Fair | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0% | 4.7% | 16.3% | 51.2% | 27.9% |
“A male fantasy.”
“This was a far better film than our audience considered it and also a far worse one. Frankly I really liked its first two acts and hated its last act. The problem is the film punishes everyone of its characters and reverts to a moral system that has no tolerance for even the possibility of characters coming to terms and aware even of their deeper longings and false to self contexts.”
“Loved the classical music. The rest was painful and predictable.”
“No surprises. Great house.”
“I confess that it generated suspense from scene to scene, (it was) nicely photographed and edited but the sum adds up to much less than its parts.”
“Trite, sentimental and predictable.”
“Laboriously obvious.”
“This was like the film we saw where a young film student comes to live in the pool house. (Editor’s Note: The film was NOBODY WALKS). Husband falls in love and gets seduced. I guess I’m tired of films of this genre. Predictable. All about choices, reality vs. fantasy life. Too many close-ups and too long and two slow. Beautiful music. Subplot about the daughter was not handled well. Didn’t like this movie.”
“I get it – it’s not so much that Keith yearns for Felicity (although she is very yearn-able) but that she represents his desire to return to his bohemian fun-loving past. First of all, GROW UP! Secondly this ain’t enough to hang an entire movie upon.”
“Too predictable and slow moving. I felt uncomfortable watching this movie.”
“Dark and brooding, no back-stories to make us like these characters even a little. And would any kind of humor be such a crime?”
“One thing I liked in this otherwise trite film: much content was conveyed without dialogue. The body language of the actors and cinematic framing were themselves very articulate.”
“Totally, absolutely predictable!”
“I can appreciate the improvisational talents of Felicity and Guy and Amy, but it’s nearly – no it’s completely - impossible to improvise a carefully worded script with brilliant language. Where are the Billy Wilders or Dalton Trumbos for today?”
If you'd like to know more about the film...
Drake Doremus, director of Breathe In, talks about how this movie brings a mature eye to young love. Read more here! http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/18/drake-doremus-breathe-in-int...
Drake Doremus wanted to create a gloomier story, having the story focus on forbidden love, collapsing families, and isolation in an ever changing world. Here is an interview Drake as he explains the inspiration behind it all, how it was working with Felicity again, directing Guy and having much more freedom creating independent films. http://blog.onthebox.com/2013/07/17/breathe-in-like-crazy-two-words-drak...
