Breathe

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Breathe

PG-13

Released Apr 26, 2024

1h 33m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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Breathe is a heart pounding thriller set in the future. After Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen, a mother Maya (Jennifer Hudson) and her daughter Zora (Quvenzhané Wallis) are forced to live underground, with short trips to the surface only made possible by a coveted state of the art oxygen suit made by Maya's husband, Darius, whom she presumes to be dead. When a mysterious couple arrives claiming to know Darius and his fate, Maya tentatively agrees to let them into their bunker but these visitors are not who they claim to be ensuing in mother and daughter fighting for survival.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

[A] solidly acted but underwhelming post-apocalyptic thriller.

Rated: 2/5

May 14, 2024

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A.A. Dowd

IGN Movies

The movie feels pared down to a fault, resolving its conflicts too quickly and failing to ever take the shape of a coherent allegory. It’s proof that shorter isn’t always better, even in the realm of self-contained genre fare.

Rated: 5/10

Apr 29, 2024

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Justin Kim

Loud and Clear Reviews

Breathe (2024) brings in an interesting premise but isn’t interested in crafting anything memorable out of it, with disjoined emotional arcs and awkward acting.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 6, 2025

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John Serba

Decider

Just as the lack of air will kill a person, the lack of sense will kill a movie.

Sep 11, 2024

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Cris Kennedy

Inner East Review

It's a pity the screenplay by Doug Simon doesn't quite get the tone right, spending a lot of time establishing the supportive family environment when we can all see what's coming a mile off.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 20, 2024

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Tara McNamara

Common Sense Media

But while the movie's concept is solid and the cinematography is rich, something is off.

May 17, 2024

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Mark B

Pretty tight drama in a post apocalyptic setting. You have to suspend belief with some of the plot holes. You can do worse in a 90 minute movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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Matt R

I'm a sucker for anything Sci-Fi or post apocalyptic and I had high hopes for this movie, but I should have come to Rotten Tomatoes first. I have yet to disagree with their combined ratings and found this film to be mildly entertaining, but the plot sucked, the acting sucked, as others have said conflicts were resolved too quickly and suspending my disbelief was a struggle at times. The ending, where they magically end up at a facliity they have never been to in Philly? That's just one of the many flaws I see with this film. I often play games while I'm watching films, and this time, I needed the distraction.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/05/25

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jessica a

Don't cast Jennifer Hudson in any more movies unless she's a singing. Terrible acting. Love her but she ruined this movie for me

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/02/25

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d b

The concept is really good but it was executed horribly. Don’t know why the acting was over saturated which is weird because this movie has some really good actors who can act. It seems like a low budget short film I’d see from a college student or something. It was super corny at times. I wouldn’t recommend this movie kind of a waste of time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/28/24

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Matt S

It is just bad.. writing bad.. acting worse.. no one put any effort into this steaming pile of fecal matter. If you want to be insulted.. watch now..

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Jeffrey P

There are some interesting elements to the story early on, for those interested in the prepper/survivalist sub-genre that is crossed with the ‘trapped in a panic room’ concept. Unfortunately, once the novelty wears off there’s not much left other than it being very predictable.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/15/24

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Maya

Milla Jovovich

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Quvenzhané Wallis

Zora

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Breathe is a heart pounding thriller set in the future. After Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen, a mother Maya (Jennifer Hudson) and her daughter Zora (Quvenzhané Wallis) are forced to live underground, with short trips to the surface only made possible by a coveted state of the art oxygen suit made by Maya's husband, Darius, whom she presumes to be dead. When a mysterious couple arrives claiming to know Darius and his fate, Maya tentatively agrees to let them into their bunker but these visitors are not who they claim to be ensuing in mother and daughter fighting for survival.

Director: Stefon Bristol
Producer: Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christian Mercuri
Screenwriter: Doug Simon
Distributor: Capstone Global / Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Capstone Studios, Thunder Road Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Strong Language|Bloody Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 26, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 26, 2024
Runtime: 1h 33m

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