Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Crappy film

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Heartfelt and riveting from the first frame to the last. It reminds me of some of those sombre Canadian films that were popular back in the 1970s. This is a great film with a tone reminiscent of other great docs. In the bundle of all that it lacks, I feel that the movie is ignored for its creativity. Still, I thought this was cute and not bad at all. Quality work that draws you in and doesn't let you go. I suggest this movie to everyone. This is actually a serious movie with a serious message. I like it enough, but I don't think it's great or all that really good. I was deeply impressed, but from an artistic standpoint.

First things first, director Meema Spadola's 50-minute documentary entitled "Breasts" presents the subject matter in a light that is neither erotic nor pornographic. Okay, there is a black & white excerpt from a cartoon where a guy licks and sucks on a breast and when he withdraws his affection and the nipple curls up seductively like a beckoning fingers and wiggles to lure him back for more. Otherwise, this is a no-frills documentary about twenty-two women discussing their breasts. Second, this is also a lightweight documentary that consists primarily of women either bare breasted or covered up who talk about their boobs. Spadola examines breasts from many perspectives, including both power and pleasure. Interspersed among these candid conversations about breasts, breast size, and the reduction or elimination of breasts are cartoons and commercials.The women vary in age and size, ranging from the flat-chested variety to the obese. One woman discusses having the lack of breasts and how her husband said it didn't bother him, but she knew that he was lying. This woman missed her breasts, because they had to be removed, and contends that having no breasts affected sex between her partner and her. At the outset, the women provide all the synoymons for breasts: boobs, tits, titties, knockers, balls of ice cream, baby bottles, etc. According to these women, men are fascinated with big breasts because they symbolize motherhood. One woman talks about her feelings after she lost one breast to cancer and Spadola shows her torso with one large breast and a smooth white area where the other breast was once located. We're told that silicone implants were hastily put into place for the money, but that these implants later created problems for women. Eventually, in 1992, silicone implants were no longer put into women's breasts. Mind you, we see all kinds of breasts, a few are gorgeous, but most are average, with big nipples, small nipples, etc. One woman talks about how her husband told her not to show her entire breast because he considered it an invasion of his privacy. In other words, his wife's breasts belonged to him as much as her and he did not want to share this privacy with outsiders.This is a mildly interesting but overall disposable look at breasts. The women who sought breast reductions point out how their doctors changed the size of their breasts. Women nursing children said that their breasts made them feel better about themselves. Indeed, some of the women in the documentary, especially the huge woman should never have taken her top off, but presumably this is what makes "Breasts" a liberating experience. Again, if you've got beer and pizza and figure that you're going to get aroused by what Meema Spadola shows in this lightweight documentary, think again. Ultimately, men who watch this documentary will definitely come away from it with a better understanding not only of the power of breasts, but also they will learn more about breasts.

This is a wonderful look, you should pardon the pun, at 22 women talking about breasts-- theirs, their mothers', other women's, and how they affect so many aspects of their lives. Young girls, old women, and everyone in between (with all shapes, sizes, configurations, etc) talk about developing, reacting, celebrating, hiding, enhancing, or reducing their breasts.It's charming, delightful, sad, funny, and everything in between. Intercut with documentary footage and clips from those famous old "young women's films" that the girls got taken to the cafeteria to see, the interviews are a fascinating window for men who love women & their breasts into what the other half has to say when they don't know you're listening.

This is a great documentary about women and their relationships with their breasts. It was shown on TVO here in Canada quite a bit but I don't know how widely it was distributed. I think Mpix some cable channel in the States screened it a couple of times.It's really interesting to watch women's reactions to their own breasts. Virtually none of them, with the notable exception of one fabulous modern dancer, are really comfortable with having them and they have a hard time figuring out why men love boobs so much. As a man, I have to say, the mysteries of nature are quite perplexing and obviously not resolved in this 50 minute doc, but if there's one thing I have to say about this program it really gave me insight into women's feelings about their bodies. I recommend everyone watch this wonderful doc.