Breakdown (1997)
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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:36
Rotten:10
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: A brainy and suspenseful -- if somewhat uneven -- thriller.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: After their new Jeep conks out on a desolate stretch of Arizona highway, a well-heeled Massachusetts couple accepts the help of a polite and seemingly honest trucker (J.T. Walsh), who drives the... [More]
Starring: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, M.C. Gainey
Director: Jonathan Mostow
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Reviews for Breakdown
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...one of the most effective and flat-out engrossing thrillers within recent cinematic history... Full Review |
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8/10 |
A first-rate nail-biter that packs more genuine white-knuckle moments into 100 minutes than a dozen overpriced volcano movies could ever dream of having.
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B+ |
A taut, well-crafted suspense film that delivers the paranoid goods.
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3/4 |
An engrossing, exciting nailbiter that makes the most of every single one of its efficient 95 minutes. Full Review |
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Are we really supposed to empathize with the empathy-proof Kurt Russell? I was actually hoping that his character's wife had run away with the trucker ... Full Review |
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[Kurt Russell's] lack of energy afflicts the film as much as its director's lack of ideas. Full Review |
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4/5 |
A well-crafted thriller. Full Review |
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Pure free-fall fun. Full Review |
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3/5 |
It's a little silly and you do have to suspend your disbelief, but it's a thrilling ride. Full Review |
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A taut suspense film. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A spare, solid, sharply paced tale of terror that does what a thriller is supposed to do -- scare the bejesus out of you. Full Review |
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Nifty morality play about the invidious vices of envy and showing off. Full Review |
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