The Worst Film Ever

One of my all time favorites.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Breathe is a delightfully shot and acted little piece by first-time director and unanimously agreed motion-capture master Andy Serkis. I find that often a poor ending to a story does a rather good job of nullifying everything that's come before it - sadly, Breathe comes under that category for me. Marvellously acted with a terrific cast and brought to life with very nice period set design, it nonetheless falls flat at the end, as it presents a biased and controversial case for euthanasia.Digging into the specifics a little - particularly the aspects I really liked -, I want to talk a bit about mood. I agree with those reviewers who summed up the emotions of the movie by proclaiming something like the following: "I laughed, I smiled, I cried." Serkis successfully blended drama with comedy, crafting a (mostly) lovely film that had a classic British feel and clever sequences of suspenseful, thrilling moments; followed by heart-warming, jolly ones; followed by misery-inducing moments of intense drama and pain. The scenery choices were perfect, and the general visuals and aesthetics were pleasing.Returning to those negatives, the end was given more time and attention than I think it deserved. It felt over-long, and really seemed to push for assisted suicide. It's important that movies tackle real issues, but when a film justifies something as correct and good and true when it isn't, it partly ruins everything. Much of the movie is inspiring, motivational and positive - until the end, when, after so much perseverance, our star simply surrenders. Although it's on the better end of romances, I also think the movie became at times too kissy.

Newlyweds Robin and Diana Cavendish are entering a happy family life when Robin is suddenly struck by polio and left paralysed from the neck down, dependent on a ventilator to breathe. The medical profession regard their job as ending at preventing him from dying. Robin is not interested in existing on that basis, but Diana wants him to see their son grow up and so a plot is hatched to create a mobile ventilator and, against all medical advice, remove him from hospital and take him home. Robin not only enjoys a full life, but becomes a forceful and active advocate on behalf of emancipating the profoundly handicapped from imprisonment in hospital.This adaptation of Robin and Diana Cavendish's life story is (co-)produced by their son Andrew, and directed by Andy Serkis, better known for his motion-capture performances as Gollum, King Kong, and chimpanzee Caesar. On the basis of this film, he is an accomplished director.This is not a naturally happy subject - the central character is paralysed for life early on - but it is thoroughly engaging in the telling, profoundly uplifting and inspirational, and often surprisingly funny.It is helped enormously by Andrew Garfield as Robin (Claire Foy as Diana is also very good, although the role is pretty thankless). The depths of his despair are not shied away from, but the Robin portrayed in this film is a funny, happy man who almost glows with joy. Far from being simply not dead, and notwithstanding his total reliance on machinery and his support team of family and friends, the Robin Cavendish portrayed in this film truly Lives.This is that rarity, a worthy film which is also enormously entertaining and emotional.

Lo primero que he pensado al terminar es que me habría gustado ver esta película con un todo dramático y no con el tono de película bonita que tiene. La parte dramática habría sido más profunda y la parte biográfica más interesante.Lo que pensaba mientras la veía es que el dinero da la felicidad y si no la da, al menos, ayuda mucho a conseguirla. Es una película bonita, que te da alegría cuando la ves. No es una película de superación personal, porque él no supera nada, pero si es una película sobre cómo conseguir buscar una alegría de vivir y cuando ya sabes realmente está todo terminado y no hay más que puedas hacer si no realmente ser un estorbo y molestar demasiado a los que te rodean, pues irte.Es una película sensiblera, si claro por el tono bonito que tiene, eso se ve desde el minuto uno y en la cantidad de escenas con aplausos que tiene, pero si es verdad que consigue transmitir y llegarte.Me gustan mucho los actores. Nada más empezar, he pensado que el casting no me gustaba, porque ni ella es la mujer preciosa que se vende al principio, ni el joven que volvería loca a esa mujer, pero si los ves como una pareja normal, si te encajan y a lo largo de la película están muy bien.La fotografía que tiene, salvo en los momentos en los que pone demasiada luz por las ventanas, está bastante bien. Es alegra, bonita y acompaña. Luego cuando tiene que ser fría, se vuelve oscura, que es otra manera de hacerlo y eso está bien.El director, pues ni mucho ni poco. Lleva la película. La pena es que tome la opción de hacerla bonita en vez de dramática. No hay planos que ayuden a contar la historia, sencillamente es correcta. Pero bueno la lleva por donde quiere y se deja ver.Consigue que salgas de la película con alegría y eso no es pocoThe first thing I thought when I finished was that I would have liked to see this movie with a dramatic whole and not with the nice movie tone it has. The dramatic part would have been deeper and the biographical part more interesting.What I thought while I saw it is that money gives happiness and if it does not, at least, it helps a lot to get it.It's a beautiful movie, that gives you joy when you see it. It is not a film of self-improvement, because he does not surpass anything, but if it is a film about how to find a joie de vivre and when you really know it is all over and there is nothing else you can do if not really be a nuisance and annoy too much to those around you, then go.It is a maudlin movie, if clear by the beautiful tone it has, that is seen from the minute one and in the amount of scenes with applause that has, but if it is true that it manages to transmit and arrive.I really like the actors. Nothing else to start, I thought that the casting I did not like, because neither she is the beautiful woman that is sold at the beginning, nor the young man who would drive that woman crazy, but if you see them as a normal couple, if they fit you already long movie are very good.The photograph he has, except in the moments when he puts too much light through the windows, is quite good. It is happy, beautiful and accompanies. Then when it has to be cold, it becomes dark, which is another way of doing it and that's fine.The director, because neither much nor little. Take the movie The pity is that I take the option of making it pretty instead of dramatic. There are no plans that help tell the story, it is simply correct. But he takes it wherever he wants and lets himself be seen.Get you out of the movie with joy and that's not little

A very good drama based on a true story about the life of a young man who suffers from polio and how that affects and even strengthens his relationship with his wife. Andy Serkis' directional debut feels like he has been doing it his whole life. A very well structured and composed film. He perfectly uses his two leading actors Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy. Especially Garfield turns into a brilliant performance that reminded me on a young Tom Hanks. Once again a great job. Also Foy shines and gives the film the right heart and soul. The look is great, the music is wonderful. Sometimes the film suffered from several lengths but I did not mind it. The ending is more than heartbreaking and really got directly into the heart. I wonder why this film did not receive more attention last year. Sure it feels like your annual Oscar begging film about disability and that might be right, but its also a good film in general that really contains noteworthy performances. Nice job Andy Serkis, looking forward to your future efforts.