Click here to copy URL

Breath

2017

Simon Baker

Samson Coulter, Ben Spence, Simon Baker, Elizabeth Debicki ...

5.9

512

Drama Based on Tim Winton's award-winning and international bestselling novel set in mid-70s coastal Australia. Two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Observed with warmth and sensitivity, this is a rewarding coming-of-age drama that features terrific performances from two young newcomers in the central roles."	POS
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"The movie has authenticity and resonance (...) [It] reaches a satisfyingly poignant and quiet conclusion (...) Baker does a lot as an actor"	POS
United Kingdom	Sarah Ward Screendaily	"Adapting Tim Winton’s acclaimed novel with assurance, affection and a keen understanding of its central search for identity (...) It’s equally vivid and calm, swelling with emotion yet still in its approach."	POS
United States	Ben Croll The Wrap	"Laid-back but entrancing (...) A beguilingly appealing moviegoing experience"	POS
United States	Simon Abrams Village Voice	"'Breath' falters as soon as it leaves the beach (...) Mostly unconvincing (...) [The surfing scenes] are attractive thanks to Marden Dean’s vivid underwater photography and Baker’s charming"	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"'Breath' earns the undertow of emotion that carries it forward because it finds the fear in all of its characters"	POS
United Kingdom	Luke Buckmaster The Guardian	"Simon Baker’s directorial debut is poetic without being pretentious, capturing the natural beauty of the WA coast and the complexity of coming of age (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.