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Breathe

2017

Andy Serkis

Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander, Hugh Bonneville ...

5.9

1,202

Drama Based on the true story of Robin (Andrew Garfield), a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"A stirring true story marred by simplistic, sentimental treatment (...) Its noble intentions hobbled by a trite script, flat characters and a relentlessly saccharine tone"	NEU
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"[A] surprisingly fusty directorial debut (...) Its sweeping inspirational gestures rarely reach all the way to the heart (...) Serkis proves he can steer this kind of safe prestige machine"	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"It’s a gorgeous, romantic drama that earns its emotional resonance without venturing beyond the most familiar beats (...) 'Breathe' nails its formula more often than not"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Serkis directs this true story (...) with sensitivity and empathy (...) [It turns] something that should be powerful and true into something that too often feels manipulative (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"For a first-time director, he’s surprisingly sure-handed (...) It’s probably better at the big and beautiful than the small and personal (...) [It] might be a little too slick and shiny, but its pleasures are real."	NEU
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"Offering no hint of the backbreaking drudgery and mental strain of their predicament, this gauzy picture (...) is a closed loop of rose-tinted memories."	NEG
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"[There is] a lack of dramatic light and shade, and an absence of texture in the characterisation (...) [Garfield] is restricted as much by the screenwriting as he is by his character’s lack of movement."	NEG

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