Don't Breathe

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Don't Breathe

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Released Aug 26, 2016

1h 28m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Rocky (Jane Levy), Alex and Money are three Detroit thieves who get their kicks by breaking into the houses of wealthy people. Money gets word about a blind veteran who won a major cash settlement following the death of his only child. Figuring he's an easy target, the trio invades the man's secluded home in an abandoned neighborhood. Finding themselves trapped inside, the young intruders must fight for their lives after making a shocking discovery about their supposedly helpless victim.

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Critics Consensus

Don't Breathe smartly twists its sturdy premise to offer a satisfyingly tense, chilling addition to the home invasion genre that's all the more effective for its simplicity.

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Anupama Chopra

Film Companion

This film is just what you need to completely take you out of what is happening outside because you literally won't be able to stop watching.

May 18, 2020

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

I never feel totally comfortable watching a movie in which the heroine is punched repeatedly in the face, in wide shot, by a muscle-bound psychopath until she blacks out.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 10, 2016

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Bruce Diones

The New Yorker

The suspense is built as carefully as it is in a good John Carpenter movie; Alvarez uses the camera like a stealth weapon, exploring dark corners and hidden areas of the house with devilish glee.

Sep 26, 2016

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Brian Bisesi

Horror Movie Club Podcast

Don’t Breathe is an exemplar of tension and suspense. Its screenplay carefully lays the groundwork, subtly foreshadowing big moments that are skillfully directed by Fede Alvarez.

Rated: 5/5

May 1, 2024

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Zach Pope

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Aug 7, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Not long after it's over, the previous 90 minutes go from being an impressive exercise in cinematic tension to little more than a technically sound production hanging by the thin threads of a plot-hole-ridden script.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 11, 2022

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Chris H

This stretches credulity a little too far. It does turn very nasty about three quarters of the way in; before then it's been marking time.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/16/25

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Andrea A

Totally absurd and unbelievable in so many ways I can't count, and yet somehow the good acting and competent direction manage to pull it off.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/25

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Reese M

Nobody deserved to live in this movie. Some people pity the woman who killed the old man's daughter, but she honestly deserves to die too, idc what she went through. Trying to pay your way out of murdering someone 100% warrants death.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/27/24

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Paul C

The main characters are burglars so instantly they are not likeable whatever their reasons are for doing so its still wrong, then by act 3 you find out the blind man is an even worse guy so all characters become disposable. I didn't mind the film as a one off but wont feel any need to revisit it. hopefully the sequel is a better story with better characters.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/09/24

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Audience Member

Dont Breathe is a very good movie with good characters really good villain, and shockingly scary Dialogue is scary as well when he speaks My one problem is once Rocky escapes she should of drove away didn't and the movie started to drag at that point but overall really good really suspense 90%

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/28/24

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Jay W

Before getting to the elephant in the room, let me talk about all the positives of the film. The film is very well directed. There is no shaky cam or overabundance of jump scares. It is a very tightly written film, items introduced into the story are utilized in various ways throughout the film. The movie optimizes silence and captures suspense and never gives the audience relief. It is also a novel set up, the thieves break in, and then find themselves having to break out. But with this unique premise, it leads to the movie's major flaw. I simply do not root for the characters on either side.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/20/24

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Fede Alvarez

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Jane Levy

Rocky

Dylan Minnette

Alex

Daniel Zovatto

Money

Stephen Lang

The Blind Man

Emma Bercovici

Diddy

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Don't Breathe: Official Clip - Lights Out

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Don't Breathe: Official Clip - Trapped in a Car

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Don't Breathe: Official Clip - Rocky's Revenge

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Don't Breathe: Official Clip - Robbery Gone Wrong

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Don't Breathe: Official Clip - The Secret In the Basement

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Don't Breathe: Official Clip - A Fair Exchange

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Don't Breathe: Official Clip - A Way Out

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Don't Breathe: Official Clip - A Thief's End

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Don't Breathe: Official Clip - The Turkey Baster

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Don't Breathe: Official Clip - Blind Man with a Gun

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Synopsis

Rocky (Jane Levy), Alex and Money are three Detroit thieves who get their kicks by breaking into the houses of wealthy people. Money gets word about a blind veteran who won a major cash settlement following the death of his only child. Figuring he's an easy target, the trio invades the man's secluded home in an abandoned neighborhood. Finding themselves trapped inside, the young intruders must fight for their lives after making a shocking discovery about their supposedly helpless victim.

Director: Fede Alvarez
Producer: Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Fede Alvarez
Screenwriter: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues Mendez
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Screen Gems, Ghost House Pictures, Stage 6 Films
Rating: R (Language|Disturbing Content|Sexual References|Terror|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 26, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 29, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $89.2M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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