Breathless

Fun, intelligent, full of plot twist, comical, good performances, lots of blood, betrayals, thief who steals thief... Well...

Refreshing, funny, entertaining, great performances by a great cast. Good story with a talented director as well. I truly enjoyed this movie from beginning to end. I did not realize what a talented actress Gina Gershon was until I watched this little gem-sleeper. I have a new appreciation for her skills. The rest of the cast was great as well, no matter how small there part..I think that was the beauty of it, these legendary seasoned actors with these small parts added so much to them. I truly made me laugh out loud...especially Val Kilmer's lines..he was great! The story kept me interested from the beginning to the end of the movie. Good fun, great acting, great direction and great cast with a unique, funny script.

You really have to be a fan of the actors, to sit thru the whole movie. It's just so slow and predictable.

I wasn't really hyped and didn't expect much when i watched the trailer ... but damn was i ever so right. The movie wants to be smart but fails with long, pointless dialogues. Twist? Well... Let's say that it looks like Captain Obvious wrote the whole thing.

Scenery? Two locations. That's it. Seriously. Acting is fair. Val Kilmer does a good job in a brief funny role. Ray Liotta and Gina Gershon are decent but far from their best.

And all the gore that wants to be "over the head" is unnecessary. It just makes movie even more shallow.

Watch it if your life depends of it... But rather just pass.

The main problem with Jesse Baget's 'Breathless' is that it takes itself too seriously thinking that it's slicker, cleverer and funnier than it actually is. The weak script is perforated with holes. The dialogues try to be clever and funny but they hardly impress. A movie like this really needs to sustain its tension and element of suspense but every breath that 'Breathless' takes is predictable. Moreover, the pacing drags especially the dialogue ridden scenes that after a point sounds like mumbo jumbo. Of the performances, Gina Gershon does a fine job. Kelli Giddish performs adequately. Val Kilmer is funny in a brief role. Ray Liotta is far from his best. Production value looks quite good. All in all, 'Breathless' is lacks the life to sustain the viewer's attention. For a dark comedy, its just not that funny.

I actually think I have watched this 2012 movie titled "Breathless", from director Jesse Baget, once before. But I have to admit that I have entirely forgotten about it. But as I sat through it here in 2025, there were memories of the narrative resurfacing. But it wasn't wasted time revisiting the movie, because I had forgotten about it, truth be told.

Writers Jesse Baget and Stefania Moscato put together a rather unique storyline. It was pretty far out there, but it was also that very fact that made the narrative so entertaining and outstanding. It is a movie that starts out nicely, then quickly spirals into violence and betrayal.

The movie does have some familiar talents on the cast list, with the likes of Gina Gershon, Val Kilmer, Ray Liotta, Sid Vicious and Richard Riehle. The acting performances in the movie were good.

I have to admit that I toppled over laughing during the scene that determined the fate of Dale (Val Kilmer's character), it was just so random and out of the blue, and I love that.

This movie is actually well-worth spending 91 minutes on watching.

My rating of director Jesse Baget's 2012 movie "Breathless" lands on a six out of ten stars.