Konterr Brilliant and touching

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

PeterMitchell-506-564364 A lot of people I know, disfavored this movie. Only recently I got another bad vote from someone about it. I was so hanging out to see this movie when I was 13. I loved it again and again and again. It's Gere's hyper kinetic energy of a performance that makes it work. He's a car thief, who at the start, departs Vegas, heading to L.A via some ill fortune that sees him accidentally kill a cop. How his gun went off, completely taking out the windscreen, before taking out the cop, I couldn't figure. Jerry Lee Lewis fan that Jessie (Gere) he also a Silver Surfer comic fan, one scene having him and a teen argue over the Silver's Surfer's character I found surreal, but totally unrealistic. Gere's going to L.A to see his one true love, Monica, Valerie Kaprisky, who thank god has her looks working for her here. He's fixated on her. Angry at his intrusion, especially on the campus, a scene I loved, she becomes confused, her future plans. turned upside by this hunk, where finally she has to choose. Breathless is shot in loud color which would of looked great on the cinema screen. The pool scene, especially was a well shot scene. And when the authorities move in, Gere narrowly missing them at a bank when visiting an acquaintance, the drama and action become more pumped up, more serious, with Kaprisky running away with Gere, where inevitably in it's classic of classic ending, Gere's fate is only as we could of imagined. There are many classic moments in Breathless, and it is funny in a few areas, thanks to our lead, but you can take this movie for what it is, popcorn entertainment, and those ill favored critics, this is one flick I favor highly, no matter how many times I watch it. Gere's exploits will leave you breathless as well as bloody exhausted. He really is too much, in a movie you just can't get enough.

LapinKulta I started to watch this movie open-minded, without any expectations, not even knowing it scored a very modest 5.5 on IMDb.The movie proved to be utter disappointment for me. I like Gere, and I think he gave a reasonable performance, but there was simply nothing to the story which could touch me, or motivate me to watch through. He steals cars, reads comic books (Silver Surfer), he is in love with an art student, and longs to go to Mexico. Even if Silver Surfer or the the main character's wish to reach Mexico have hidden meaning, the symbols are rather lame.I have the impression the movie is built only on popularity Gere enjoyed in early eighties. His role in American Gigolo made him the sex symbol of the era, presumably rightly so, but you can not make a movie only from it.

Scott LeBrun Director Jim McBride does manage to create a fairly amusing film based on the classic, highly regarded French film that inspired him to become a director in the first place - Jean-Luc Godards' "Breathless".The story set up is basically the same, as Richard Gere, in one of his most electric film performances, plays Jesse Lujack, an arrogant, authority defying punk, who in his attempt to get to L.A. quickly from Las Vegas, steals a car and accidentally shoots a cop (who later dies). However, this film has more to do with his energetic pursuit of the love of his life, French student Monica Poiccard (Valerie Kaprisky), than anything else.Incidentally, one can see how Geres' performance may affect ones' feelings about the film. It is an acquired taste, as is the character of Jesse, who's a big fan of Jerry Lee Lewis music and Silver Surfer comics. You also wish he'd shut the hell up about going to Mexico. But there's no denying the actors' conviction in playing this person. The stunning 19 year old Kaprisky remains a prime visual attraction, and both she and Gere do get nude for the film.McBride does give the film a decent amount of flash, and populates the story (he co-wrote the screenplay with L.M. Kit Carson) with striking faces and striking characters. A rich cast includes such people as John P. Ryan, as a hard driving detective, film director and designer Eugene Lourie as an architect, playwright Miguel Pinero as Carlito, James Hong as a grocer, Waldemar Kalinowski, also a production designer (and occasional actor), and Art Metrano as a criminal lowlife. The city of L.A. becomes a character in its own right, with much of the film shot on location rather than on any sort of set.The soundtrack is eclectic, with the expected usage of Jerry Lee tunes and a rocking end credits cover by X.This won't be for everybody, and it does admittedly go on longer than it should. It's at its best when it focuses on Monica; Kaprisky is definitely a grounding force for the story. Kaprisky remains compulsively watchable throughout.All in all, this is engaging in spurts, and it has enough style, sex appeal, and humour to make it a decent viewing experience.Six out of 10.

roland-scialom A Bout De Soufflé is closely related to the portrait of a generation shaped by Beatnik and Existencialist philosophies. Kerouak and Salinger in USA, Sartres and Camus in France, were among the intellectuals who inspired this generation.A generation whose "malaise" is embedded in Paris atmosphere. Paris which was the very center of occidental culture by that time.The American version of this story, Breathless, directed by Jim McBride, missed the point because the portrait of a generation of the sixties in Paris, cannot be transplanted to a context of the eighties in California.