Breathe In

Breathe In

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Yes it is a very deep drama, full of excellent direction, and acting. I found myself drawn to each character, and you could very easily feel for each of them at the same time. At times this is a very dear family film. The story does not get too bogged down ever, there is a constant flow, as the leaves change and we move from summer to fall. The Director did an excellent job of capturing the sorrow of each family member even in their happier times. This is never a teen romp, or a creepy older man trying to seduce a younger woman, or even an evil girl trying to ruin a family, this movie is just life, and what can happen when you through a big adorable wrench into it. The rest could be considered a spoiler, but to me it puts the whole movie into perspective: Not the best idea to bring an 18 year old exchange student into your home who has a shared interest in your husbands life's passion, and put her in a school where he teaches, worse yet in his class. You just don't do that! But this woman did, and because of it I just watched a very good movie. Enjoy!

It is very much movie out there intended to entertain us only and not about acting performance who really capture emotion of the audience. 'Breathe In' is one of those rare movies. Of course, wonderful performance from matured Guy Pearce and beautiful Felicity Jones lifted this 'slow' movie from the start. While i did not like very much at the end, overall this movie catch the audience feeling through its music/orchestra background which made the movie enjoyable to watch with. I would not go to the story line, i suggest you not to see movie review before see this movie, because it will ruin your expectation. I wonder if Hollywood would make much movie like this in the future. Must see movie, and it is easily the one of the best movie of 2013!

This is the story of a suburban family that takes in a foreign exchange student from the UK and how their worlds got turned upside-down in that time. The fact is, their worlds were already crashing in around them, but no one was willing to notice anything beyond the board game playing, family picture taking facade they put on. The teenage daughter had already had sex with a guy she had a crush on but wouldn't commit to her because he was too busy blabbing their business to everyone. The father was living a mundane life teaching instead of playing music. The mother seemed oblivious to any of the feelings the other two are having. The exchange student arrives, catches the eye of the daughter's crush, as well as her own father's. As the plot unfolds, I was able to predict all of the major happenings that occurred. The daughter's self- destructive, self- absorbed, alcohol induced over emotion led her to a serious car crash when she ends up losing it. The crush tries to hook up with the exchange student, and when she refuses, he smears her name across the school. And the wife smashes her cookie jar collection when she finally realizes what's going on under her nose between her husband and this 18 year old girl. I found it quite contradicting that the husband finally gets the chair he wanted and the job he has been dreaming of, and is willing to throw it all away the next day by running away with a teenager he had essentially just met. It's hard to see him in a good light when he is willing to do such a thing to his family. I kept desperately hoping that the connection between the leads was more of a father daughter connection, because she had lost her dad and uncle, and his own daughter wasn't into music. My hopes were dashed when they became physical and i found it creepy and unnecessary. they could have gone a totally different way with this and made the film more touching and inspiring. Instead, it bread negativity with no solution. Having said all of that, the scenery was absolutely beautiful, and the score was magnificent. The acting was also superb. Each actor played their character to a T and it was very believable. However, wish I hadn't wasted my time with this one.

Loved this film. Guy Pierce, as always, gives a great performance. The movie I thought ended well and this is a story where you feel for everyone involved. There really is only one person in the story that you really don't like and this individual is not that much of a main character. Very well edited film and the music was great to listen to. Like his last film, he allows the actors to act and doesn't take out their performance in the editing room. This film is artistically driven with it's shots and use of the music to help you feel what the characters are feeling. All of the Actors in this film deliver to help you appreciate the gravity of the situation that is this story.

One of the problems with casting a person for a teenage role who is actually way older, is that you get an inaccurate depiction of what a teen is really like. This is true in terms of both looks and emotion. I admit that I've met some 18 year old girls who seemed way older. But I never saw them deal with life crises. I bet they would not have dealt with them the way a 28 year old would. Felicity Jones was much older in real life than the character she played. In reality the male lead was only 16 years older than her. But he is probably supposed to be about 25 years older. The attractive young woman who shares the male lead's interests and passions is a symbol of the disappointment of his life. His wife cannot relate to him, and perhaps never could. She was probably just humoring his musical lifestyle when they were young. Ironically, the young girl will probably grow up to be just like his wife. She'll want a house in the country and a husband with a steady conventional job. Not much happens in this film. It is all innuendo and atmosphere. But both of those are done beautifully. Upstate New York looks exquisite, the shots of the beautiful young woman are artistically pleasing, and the classical music fits the scenes perfectly. Credit is due to the actors for portraying longing, and stifling dissatisfaction with aplomb. You feel their desperation without them saying much. Having said that, I would have appreciated at least one monologue from the male about how he really feels. If he could take down his guard for a few minutes and let it all out, that would have made the film. You could still keep all the subtle moments, but let him break down once and tell us something about how it feels. My favorite scene is when the neighbor guy cavalierly says what is on both their minds. That was refreshing. He simply states that his neighbor has a hot young thing living with him and asks him what it's like. Then he says that it would be great to be young again. This was a piece of self-indulgent art, but certainly worth viewing if you have the patience. Great cinematography, stellar acting, and plenty of mood music.

A foreign exchange student comes to live with a family in New York and ends up causing trouble and testing the bounds of their relationship. Predictably there is an attraction between her (the student) and the father, he seeing her as opportunity to recapture his failed youth and she seeing him as the father figure she never had.......all standard stuff. The story could have been built up better, because it really just jumps from point A (a foreign exchange student coming) and point B (an attraction between her and the father) in pretty much 5 minutes. Added to that you get a bunch of unrealistic scenarios and a few intense scenes that well....aren't really that intense. What is good about the movie, is the suburban New York setting and lifestyle, the house and the neighborhood were really beautiful and I enjoyed watching the drama play out there, but I don't suppose a lot of people would want to watch a movie just for that. In short, it's an okay movie, but don't expect any surprises or greatness.

This film was an emotionally loaded, well-acted, deftly directly movie with a musical score that left me breathless!  I had the pleasure (and luck) to see this during its opening at the  Sundance Film Festival.  BREATHE IN starred Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Amy Ryan, Mackenzie Davis and  Kyle MacLachlan along with many other talented actors.  However, there was another standout that didn't appear directly on the screen.  This was Dustin O'Halloran, the extraordinary musical composer.  The film in and of itself was wonderful, but the music added another level of emotion that  truly did leave me breathless in parts. BREATHE IN was about a foreign exchange student who spends a semester with a family in upstate NY (my home territory).  The apparently happy nuclear family of three, one being a daughter, Lauren, who is a senior in high school (another way I can relate), welcomed this newcomer into their family.  However,  Lauren (Davis) and her father, Keith (Pearce) have some reservations for their own reasons.  Sophie, the exchange student from England (Jones),  seemed unwittingly to create a wave of destruction with every step that she took.  In the short time she was there, Sophie managed to alienate Lauren and start an affair with Keith, the father.  We watched as emotions and lives changed. Again, this was a captivating and emotional film.  The writing was superb and the direction, cast, and skills of all those involved couldn't have been any better.  As all these aspects of the movie effortlessly combined, it enabled the viewer to have empathy for each of the characters. How often does this happen?  This is a must see movie when it is picked up and distributed.