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Breakfast of Champions (1999)

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Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 33

The movie is overwhelmed by its chaotic visual effects and disjointed storyline.

8

Average Rating: 3.4/10
Critic Reviews: 13
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 12

The movie is overwhelmed by its chaotic visual effects and disjointed storyline.

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Average Rating: 2.5/5
User Ratings: 5,790

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Movie Info

In a small American town called Midland City, Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis) -- a loyal father, a successful car dealer, and a respected member of the community --lives with his wife Celia (Barbara Hershey), who's addicted to pills and TV shows, and his son Bunny (Lukas Haas), who is a weakling. What's more, his best friend and employee Harry Le Sabre (Nick Nolte) is a paranoid red-lace-lingerie fetishist. Dwayne finds short-term consolation in the arms of his secretary and mistress, Francine

R, 1 hr. 50 min.

Comedy

Alan Rudolph

Jun 30, 2000

Buena Vista Pictures

Cast

All Critics (51) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (33) | DVD (2)

Rudolph's film, like most of his others, just isn't funny enough to sustain the lunacy.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
ReelViews
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Another middle-aged male-crisis opus, it begins on a note of total migraine-inducing hysteria, which continues unabated throughout.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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Unwatchable!

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Entertainment Weekly
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The movie looks and feels like a frantic, live-action psychedelic cartoon.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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Tasteless adaptation makes for flaky Breakfast.

January 1, 2000 Comment
New York Post
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Rudolph exagera ao transformar o filme em um delírio (in)digno de Terry Gilliams, mas o roteiro, sua mensagem e as atuaçġes acabam equilibrando a balança.

September 20, 2005 Comment
Cinema em Cena

Adaptating a Vonnegut book isn't easy. This movie pulls it off (for the most part).

March 5, 2003 Comment
Juicy Cerebellum

What could be funnier than Nick Nolte in a dress?

September 27, 2001 Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Breakfast of Champions

Not a bad movie but not a great adaptation of the fantastic book but still worth a look!

September 29, 2009
SirPant

Super Reviewer

WARNING: Any attempts at adapting the contents of this novel to the silver screen may be hazardous to your career.I move for a vote of No Confidence

August 26, 2008
DrBenway
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