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Breathing Lessons

Play trailer Poster for Breathing Lessons PG 1994 1h 33m Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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When the husband of their friend Serena (Joyce Van Patten) dies, Ira (James Garner) and Maggie Moran (Joanne Woodward), an older married couple, make an event out of their day's travel to the funeral. Examining life and marriage on their journey, the couple of 29 years remains as in love today as when they first met -- despite being near opposites in personality. However, their love and respect for one another cut through all the differences between them.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Offers an engaging anatomy of marriage where intimacy is sustained against all odds. Aug 20, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This is a very faithful adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by the great Anne Tyler (Accidental Tourist, Saint Maybe, etc.) Joanne Woodward won Golden Globe and James Garner was nominated. It is warm, tender, funny, revelatory, everything you expect from a Tyler story. Incidentally, Rotten Tomatoes, the illustration you have chosen is for an entirely different "Breathing Lessons." You need to change it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member RT has the wrong movie info for this movie. I saw the John Erman movie as described in the movie info and it was a Hallmark Hall of Fame made for TV film. That film was not what I had hoped for as the book its based on is a Pulitzer prize winning book. James Garner made me stay with the film but aside from him it didn't make much of an impression . Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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John Erman

Director

James Garner

Ira Moran

Joanne Woodward

Maggie Moran

Kathryn Erbe

Fiona

Joyce Van Patten

Serena

Eileen Heckart

Mabel
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Synopsis When the husband of their friend Serena (Joyce Van Patten) dies, Ira (James Garner) and Maggie Moran (Joanne Woodward), an older married couple, make an event out of their day's travel to the funeral. Examining life and marriage on their journey, the couple of 29 years remains as in love today as when they first met -- despite being near opposites in personality. However, their love and respect for one another cut through all the differences between them.
Director
John Erman
Producer
John Erman
Screenwriter
Robert W. Lenski
Production Co
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Republic Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2017
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Stereo