Breathless 1983

Critics score:
67 / 100

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Vincent Canby, New York Times: I still don't understand why Mr. McBride and Mr. Carson elected to do the film but, considering the more obvious possible pitfalls, they could have done a lot worse. That is meant to be praise. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: The attitudes on display are so distanced and derivative that the picture still seems to have no life or identity of its own. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The result is a stylistic exercise without any genuine human concerns we can identify with -- and yet, an exercise that does have a command of its style, is good-looking, fun to watch, and develops a certain morbid humor. Read more

Time Out: A wanton, playful film, belying the stated despair by its boiling energy. Read more