El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Released Oct 11, 2019

2h 2m

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Jesse Pinkman flees from the police and tries to escape his inner turmoil.

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Entertaining if not essential, El Camino adds a satisfying belated coda to the Breaking Bad story -- led by a career-best performance from Aaron Paul.

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Angie Han

Mashable

There's nothing about El Camino that is essential; while it won't tarnish your memories of the original series, it won't reframe or enhance them, either. It's a nice ride with some old friends. Sometimes, that's just enough.

Dec 6, 2019

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Eric Deggans

NPR

For fans of the show who know these characters, that's a welcome conclusion for a story we didn't even know we missed until Vince Gilligan showed it to us.

Nov 23, 2019

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

It's really well shot, really well acted, and it's constantly engaging.

Rated: B+

Nov 15, 2019

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Aaron Charles

InSession Film

White is one of the great characters of recent memory. He dominates the story of Breaking Bad like few characters. Pinkman doesn’t carry this story in quite the same way.

Rated: C

May 10, 2024

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Charlie Ashby

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

Fans of Breaking Bad will be delighted with El Camino, which not only adds to the world of the show – but as a love letter to Jesse Pinkman, even manages to improve upon an ending many thought couldn’t be beaten.

Rated: 9/10

Apr 16, 2023

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Bill Brioux

Brioux.tv

A fun ride. A showcase for Aaron Paul.

Oct 28, 2022

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João D

i kinda like it, not the best movie, but a incedible good film to pass the time (and for the original series fans)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/25

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Obi-wan K

They Gave us a great ending with this. At the start and like start-Mid was pacing slow but Mid-late it got so much better

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/25

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Andrés M

Really great! Loved the after story, very simple and still gave all us viewers that same vibe as the series, the anxiety of getting caught, the mind games, the action and obviously the nostalgia, the flashbacks from where it was all simpler. Really liked the after plot, but also enjoyed seeing the flashbacks fulfilling the series with more context, more sentiment and emotion. In the series I couldn't really tell that jesse suffered that much when he was inprisioned, this movie just filled that! The only bad thing I can say is that Todd being fat and Mr.White's fake bald head made me trigger a little.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/25

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Daniel J

A respectable follow-up. It does a good job capturing a lot of the BB spirit and expanding upon the story. A must-watch movie for any fan of the BB universe.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/11/25

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Samuel W

Breaking Bad’s finale continues in a grand way as the form of a movie. After having watched all of Breaking Bad beforehand, this movie feels more natural in its continuation, even if it is not necessary. It was definitely nice to see old characters return to haunt Jesse’s memories as he goes forth into his journey to live or die after the mistakes with Walter White, and even more so to see Jesse finally try to do something right for himself. Jesse’s ending comes satisfyingly, with a few hiccups that made it obvious that this movie wasn’t thought about during the production of the final episode, but performed adequately nevertheless. After everything this character had been through, you just spend the whole movie rooting for him. It was a blast, but I knock it down a little as it was not necessary for Jesse’s character arc to show his escape from that life, but it was a well-enough film to watch at least twice.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/25

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Shaun R

Breaking Bad remains the best thing I have ever seen. I was expecting a hell of a lot more from this film. A couple of years on, I've forgotten anything that happens in this movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Synopsis

Jesse Pinkman flees from the police and tries to escape his inner turmoil.

Director: Vince Gilligan
Producer: Melissa Bernstein, Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, Diane Mercer, Charles Newirth
Screenwriter: Vince Gilligan
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: American Movie Classics, Sony Pictures Television, Netflix
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 11, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 11, 2019
Runtime: 2h 2m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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