Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
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Cast
as Patrick `Kitten' Braden
as Father Bernard
as Bertie
as John-Joe
as Eily Bergin
as Mosher
as Mr. Silky String
as PC Wallis
as Ma Braden
as Young Patrick
as Young Charlie
as Young Irwin
as Laurence
as Benny
as Building Site Worker
as Charlie
as Housekeeper
as Irwin
as Billy Hatchet
as Routledge
as Caroline Braden
as Butcher
as Benny Feely
as Schoomaster
as Dean
as Mrs. Coyle
as 1st Bouncer
as 2nd Bouncer
as 2nd Biker
as Joseph Hanratty
as Brother Barnabas
as Running Bear
as White Dove
as The Mohawks
as The Mohawks
as The Mohawks
as The Mohawks
as Soldier at Roadblock
as Jack Timlin
as Horse Killane
as Mrs. Feely
as Mrs. Henderson
as Talking Navvie
as Rasta Son
as Stephenson
as Barman in Wards
as Stripper
as Hooker
as 1st Republican
as 2nd Republican
as Nurse
as Man at Disco
as Squaddie at Disco
as Paramedic
as Gentleman
as 1st Peep Show Girl
as 2nd Peep Show Girl
as Punter
as English Patrick
as Mrs. Clarke
as Shopkeeper
as Solidarity Lady
as Bishop
as Bishop's Secretary
Critic Reviews for Breakfast on Pluto
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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.
Audience Reviews for Breakfast on Pluto
An orphaned transvestite navigates associations with the IRA and the search for his birth mother. 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.
Super Reviewer
Like Patrick McCabe's novel, Neil Jordan's "Breakfast on Pluto" is episodic and fragmented. I did enjoy the way Jordan moves his camera and Cillian Murphy is committed to bringing Patrick Braden to life, but it's far too little to save the film. I found this unengaging and emotionally schizophrenic, a combination that left me feeling alienated. Plus, the chapter dividers are totally unneeded in the film, it didn't work that great in the book and on film it's totally superfluous.
Super Reviewer
it's a sweet and hopeful tale about a foundling named kitten, growing up strange in an irish town that never understood him, moving to swinging london in search of his long lost mother, and having many adventures along the way. cillian murphy is wonderful as kitten, a somewhat naive character who never gives up on love. takes awhile to get going and it's a bit uneven. i can't say i don't miss the dark days of mona lisa and the crying game but it's a fun film with enjoyable pop soundtrack
Super Reviewer
Breakfast on Pluto Quotes
| Patrick (Patricia) 'Kitten' Braden: | What is it with "nancy-boys" that you can't be bothered killing them? |
| 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. |
| Patrick (Patricia) 'Kitten' Braden: | If I wasn't a transvestite terrorist, would you marry me? |
| 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." |
| 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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