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Exhibitors are scared to death of offbeat, original movies; they'll play it safe with sleaze every time. View All Photos (1) Christopher is so good in this quietly charming, Yates-drected tale of four high school graduates trying to decide what to do with their lives that it's a wonder he didn't achieve the heights of co-star Quaid. Breaking Away (1979) Plot.
Movies like this are hardly ever made at all; when they're made this well, they're precious cinematic miracles.Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013.
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A feel-good, inspirational story concerning an offbeat teenager who discovers his love for biking, despite his non-supportive father (Paul Dooley) wanting him to grow up and accept adulthood as a member of the "cutter" class. June 24, 2006 When top-notch cyclist Dave (Dennis Christopher) learns that the world's bicycling champions are always Italian, he attempts to turn himself into an Italian, driving his parents (Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley) crazy.
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| By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.Fandango There are a few moments when the picture's easygoing pace turns into wobbliness, but these are insignificant compared with its many moments of shrewd insight into the lives of amusingly shaded but very recognizable human beings.
We wait for a terrible accident to happen, and none does, but the hints of one make the characters seem curiously vulnerable, and their lives more precious.The whole movie, indeed, is a delicate balancing act of its various tones: This movie could have been impossible to direct, but Yates has us on his side almost immediately. March 21, 2007
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Breaking Bad is one of the best shows in TV history, and after five seasons, it led to an ending that people still talk about today. Peter Yates "Breaking Away" is a tender picture, starts off slowly and then turns into a beautiful flower. Comedy,
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the story of four teenage guys who graduated from high school and is sort of stuck in finding what they want to do. And still, I like it. All rights reserved. Breaking Away, a wonderful coming-of-age story, took critics and audiences completely by surprise in 1979 and the film was an instant box-office and critical success. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. Sure, it's absolutely corny at times, but if you really don't fall in love with this movie, especially the last big race scene - something is wrong with you. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive reviewThe percentage of users who rated this 3.5 stars or higher.
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