Even in an early work that blushes with the narcissistic pleasure of obsessive cinephilia, Godard knew enough to look on the dark side.
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08/21/09
Breathless (1959)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:27
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.5/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Former "Cahiers du Cinéma" critic Jean-Luc Godard threw everything he had learned from years of movie watching into his debut feature--creating an enormously influential film and a seminal study of... [More]
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Reviews for Breathless
We can't really look at Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless with fresh eyes, any more than we can see Citizen Kane or Sunrise for the first time.
11/25/08
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10/18/08
Top CriticA half-century has softened the impact, but 'Breathless' still holds its own.
06/20/08
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08/25/07
Top CriticIt's energy over substance.
08/05/07
Shot on a shoestring and none the worse for it, Jean-Luc Godard's gritty and engaging first feature had an almost revolutionary impact when first released in 1960.
04/17/07
Top CriticThis film, a first pic by a film critic, shows the immediate influence of Yank actioners and socio-psycho thrillers but has its own personal style.
04/17/07
Top CriticRegardless of how one feels about Jean-Luc Godard's later, less accessible works, it would be hard to find a more audacious debut feature.
12/13/06
Beautiful.
11/21/05
Even if some of Breathless remains inaccessibly arty and obtuse, it's nonetheless a film of watershed importance.
08/28/05
Decades later, this seminal work of the French New Wave is still one of Godard's freshest, most innovative, and most accessible films with a stunning performance by Jean Paul Belmondo channeling Bogart.
06/25/05
A stunning classic.
07/29/04
Who doesn't like Breathless? It's some kind of free-wheeling comic experiment in cool, and it works the whole way.
04/20/04
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03/27/04
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11/13/03
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11/07/03
Godard's attention to nuance and detail makes this influential classic a must-see for any film lover.
11/06/03
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08/21/03
Modern movies begin here, with Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless in 1960. No debut film since Citizen Kane in 1942 has been as influential.
08/05/03
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