Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 115
Fresh: 65 | Rotten: 50
Well-acted if monotonous drama about a transvestite prostitute in London during the 1970s.
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 16
Well-acted if monotonous drama about a transvestite prostitute in London during the 1970s.
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An Irish boy becomes an emotional and sexual outcast as the 1960s fade into the 1970s in this period drama from director Neil Jordan. When he was just a baby in the early '60s, Patrick Braden (Conor McEvoy) was abandoned by his mother and left on the doorstep of a church overseen by Father Bernard (Liam Neeson). Placed in a foster home, sensitive Patrick doesn't much care for the emotionally chilly attitude of his new "family," and psychologically buffers himself against the world by writing
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Cast
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Cillian Murphy
Patrick (Patricia) 'Kit... -
Stephen Rea
Bertie -
Brendan Gleeson
John Joe Kenny -
Liam Neeson
Father Bernard -
Eva Birthistle
Eily Bergin -
Liam Cunningham
1st Biker -
Bryan Ferry
Mr. Silky String -
Gavin Friday
Billy Hatchett -
Ian Hart
PC Wallis -
Laurence Kinlan
Irwin -
Ruth McCabe
Ma Braden -
Ruth Negga
Charlie -
Steven Waddington
Inspector Routledge -
Morgan Jones
Building Site Worker -
Mary Coughlan
Housekeeper -
Conor McEvoy
Patrick (10) -
Charlene McKenna
Caroline Braden -
Seamus Reilly
Lawrence -
Peter Owens
Butcher -
Emmet Lawlor McHugh
Young Irwin -
Bianca O'Connor
Young Charlie -
Paraic Breathnach
Benny Feely -
Patrick McCabe
Peepers Egan, Schoomast... -
Owen Roe
Dean -
Rynagh O'Grady
Mrs. Coyle -
Steve Blount
1st Bouncer -
Keith McCoy
2nd Bouncer -
Liam O'Toole
2nd Biker -
Peter Halpin
Joseph Hanratty -
Peter Gowan
Brother Barnabas -
Mark Doherty
Running Bear -
Tony Devlin
White Dove -
Kieran Lally
The Mohawks -
Stephen McDaid
The Mohawks -
Pete Reddy
The Mohawks -
Maurice Seezer
The Mohawks -
Lex Shrapnel
Soldier at Roadblock -
Eamonn Owens
Jack Timlin -
Ciaran Nolan
Horse Killane -
Mary Kate Ryan
Mrs. Feely -
Kathryn Pogson
Mrs. Henderson -
Alan Moloney
Talking Navvie -
Derek Elroy
Rasta Son -
Mal White
Stephenson -
Paul O'Toole
Barman in Wards -
Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Stripper -
Janet Moran
Hooker -
Andy Moore
1st Republican -
Marc O'Shea
2nd Republican -
Rachel Donovan
Nurse -
Neil Jackson
Man at Disco -
Dominic Cooper
Squaddie at Disco -
Alan Heyburn
Paramedic -
James Greene
Gentleman -
Fiona Clarke
1st Peep Show Girl -
Gillian Johnson
2nd Peep Show Girl -
Chris McHallem
Punter -
Sid Young
English Patrick -
Britta Smith
Mrs. Clarke -
Doreen Keogh
Shopkeeper -
Catherine Dunne
Solidarity Lady -
Tom Hickey
Bishop -
Mark Lambert
Bishop's Secretary
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All Critics (129) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (71) | Rotten (51) | DVD (14)
The film is downright aggravating.
Breakfast on Pluto may seem a fairy tale at times (no pun intended), but this Kitten has claws.
Like Kitten and everything else about Breakfast on Pluto, it's altogether too overstated and obvious, but at least it doesn't pretend to have any significance whatsoever.
[Jordan] successfully grafts two Irish literary modes, snappy social satire and gloomy dirge.
Perhaps too audacious for some and too coy for others, Breakfast on Pluto is one of those mercurial movies where you really have no idea where it'll take you next. Like its star, it's smart, mischievous and fearless.
Held together by a brilliant fiber of obscure pop songs from the era, Breakfast on Pluto may be Jordan's most agreeable mixture of wisdom and whimsy.
Rambling romance about a man truely in love with himself. Cilian Murphy has great talent, but not in this loser directed by Neil Jordan. My advice to Murphy...speak up and stop mumbling.
Celebratory subversion
Murphy's turn as the irrepressible Kitten is simply mesmerising - outrageous, tender and full of the sort of deep pain that no amount of make-up can conceal.
Another cross-dressing flick from Jordan, but this time with a wry sense of humour and whimsy, coupled with a fine soundtrack of UK bubblegum 70s tunes.
(...) Como buena fábula ambientada en el Londres de los '70, no pueden faltar el glam rock, los pantalones Oxford y la violencia del IRA.
This is a long film that audiences will either love or dismiss.
Roaring with real life, Breakfast on Pluto belongs in that treasured subgenre, the gender bending memoir ...Cillian Murphy gives a career high performance as Kitten, so silky, so tough, so completely real that it haunts us.
Moderately entertaining fare.
Make your way toward Pluto and don't forget your bottle of Chanel No. 5!
Audience Reviews for Breakfast on Pluto
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- Hooker: Oi. You doing business, do it somewhere else, love. This pavement's got my name on it.
- Patrick (Patricia) 'Kitten' Braden: And what, pray, is your name? Concrete?
- Hooker: My name is scratch your eyes out, and bite your bleed'n nose off. Which is what I'll do if you don't get off my patch.
- Mr. Silky String: She giving you trouble, son?
- Patrick (Patricia) 'Kitten' Braden: Oh, no trouble at all. We were just exchanging names.
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- Patrick (Patricia) 'Kitten' Braden: If I wasn't a transvestite terrorist, would you marry me?
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- Patrick (Patricia) 'Kitten' Braden: Not many people can take the tale of Patrick Braden, aka St. Kitten, who strutted the catwalks, face lit by a halo of flashbulbs as 'oh!' she shrieks, 'I told you, from my best side darlings.'
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Foreign Titles
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Top Critic
Aside from the chameleon performance by Cillian Murphy as Kitten, there is very little to like about this film. The story is a very basic tale about separation and coming of age that, when it doesn't wreak of cliche, lingers on banalities.
Overall, Murphy is the only reason to see the film, but even then, the rest of the film is bound to disappoint.