Asthma

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Asthma

2015

1h 30m

Drama

Romance

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9 Reviews

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A young musician Gus who lives fast meets a beautiful tattoo artist Ruby and takes her on a ride in a stolen classic car, and they leave the city.

Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Aug 18, 2016

1/4

Gus just isn't a guy I liked spending time with, watching him meander around gracelessly about as entertaining as having tiny hot needles poked into my eyes A Clockwork Orange-style.

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Sherilyn Connelly

Village Voice

Dec 4, 2015

A fascinating character study.

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Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

Nov 26, 2015

2/4

"Asthma" loses its spark and momentum long before the halfway point - a genuine disappointment.

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Taia Handlin

Bust Magazine

Oct 5, 2016

Jake Hoffman's feature film directorial debut, Asthma, deploys almost every romantic comedy trope there is, all the while throwing in heroin to give it some street cred.

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Robert Horton

HeraldNet (Everett, WA)

Dec 1, 2015

1/4

It must be possible to make a movie in which the hero is a trust-fund baby/heroin addict/car thief and still maintain some rooting interest in the story's outcome. Asthma is not that movie.

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May 29, 2020

Pointless and boring. Loved the actors though.

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Feb 26, 2018

this movie is fantastic. fuck the critics.

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Jan 6, 2018

Well, poo pa to the critics. a slice of life, even if depressed and ugly, that reflects the reality of more young people than we'd like to see or care to admit. The "little bit of heroin" thrown in comment shows just out out of touch critical snobs are, um you have not heard about the national epidemic? Pull your faces out of the Starbucks and stop texting this IS what the wreckage of the 80's and 90's looks like and is portrayed with excellent acting, directing and soundtrack.

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Jul 1, 2017

Asthma is mellow and cruisy with an extremely well adapted soundtrack. Despite the serious undertones present within the film, on the whole it leaves me feeling warm, optimistic and slightly more engaged with a new perspective. Asthma is targeted at a younger audience and the themes are more relatable being in that demographic.

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Aug 23, 2016

Blah, Blah, Blah....

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May 13, 2016

From the first shot I knew this was going to be good. Its clever, artistic, relatable, original, serious but also sometimes fun, Asthma is an over looked and masterful character study.

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Synopsis

A young musician Gus who lives fast meets a beautiful tattoo artist Ruby and takes her on a ride in a stolen classic car, and they leave the city.

Director: Jake Hoffman
Producer: Tracey Baird, Jake Hoffman, Missy Papageorge
Screenwriter: Jake Hoffman
Distributor: IFC Films
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 23, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 13, 2017
Runtime: 1h 30m

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