This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Strong and Moving!

good back-story, and good acting

Absolutely brilliant

Full of energy and prowess this movie is not disappointing. When you put up a nice cast of actors and actresses, you can't go wrong. William Holding is a divorced real estate broker who by chance meet a young woman named Breezy (Kay Lenz) who is a free- spirit, educated, and willing to take chances in life. On her side of the situation, she is from the East Coast. She was orphaned. Lost her parents in a car crash. She got away from the first ride because he creeped her out. When She went up a Hill, she sees the blue Lincoln. It belonged to Frank (Holding). They go to places. Come across a dog in the gutter. It gets nursed back to health. Then a relationship blossoms. Frank on the other hand lives with contempt for himself. Being around peers that are more negative than the hippies he sees. His ex- wife finds another man. While Breezy and Frank's relationship is met with criticism, Breezy fills Frank with positive input. Something that he really needs. In love, there are too many factors that can ruin it: Class, age, race, wealth status, etc. The truth is love has no boundaries. Live it up. What have you got to lose? I appreciate the movie well. It came out before I did. And I liked it very much. 5 stars.

One of the first directorial efforts of Clint Eastwood, the picture reveals to be a gentle and delicate attempt to explore the meaning of love, in this case between the young and beautiful hippie Breezy and the middle-aged cynic Frank. The director manages to support the value of love till the end, using that simple, unsophisticated ,direct style which will accompany him through his future masterpieces as a director. The two protagonists are well characterized, but never stereotyped, she represents thoroughly the vitality of youth, and William Holden is a great portrait of ageing masculinity. As it often happens in movies dealing with stories like these, there remain many doubts about the happy finale, pleasing the viewer, but... And, above all, had the story been between a handsome young man and a middle-aged woman, would we have appreciated that same happy ending? But this is quite another story, of course...

"Breezy" is notable because it's the first film Clint Eastwood directed in which he didn't star (though he makes a TINY cameo at the lighthouse scene). His first film he directed, "Play Misty for Me", was made two years earlier and it was an amazingly good first effort.The film is named after a very free-spirited young lady nicknamed 'Breezy'. She sort of drifts through life--hitchhiking, bumming meals off kind strangers and just living. In general, she's a very happy person who tends to see the good in people and life. While all this isn't particularly unusual for the youth of 1973, what is unusual is her relationship with a 55 year-old guy (William Holden). She insinuates herself into this bachelor's life and, try as he might, he can't seem to get rid of her. Over time, they become closer and a sort of love develops between them. However, given that he is significantly older than her, it sure seems like this relationship is doomed--especially as those around the couple seem very uncomfortable about this...and, for that matter, so is Holden's character.When "Breezy" debuted, it made barely a whimper in theaters and was considered a financial bomb. This really doesn't surprise me, as films with the May-December romance angle are rare and they traditionally do poorly (such as Ronald Reagan's notorious film "That Hagan Girl"--although the age difference here was only 17 years--compared to double that in "Breezy"). What bothered me wasn't the age difference. Although Kay Lenz was 20 when she made the film, there was a reference to Breezy being taken by the police to Juvenile Hall--meaning she was a minor sleeping with an old guy! This DID creep me out a bit and wished the film had made it clear she was of legal age.So is the film worth seeing--even if it is a bit creepy? Well, I'd say yes for two big reasons. First, the acting is quite nice--very relaxed and natural. Lenz, in particular, is a standout--and her crying scene late in the film was shockingly good. Second, Eastwood managed to make quite a bit of relatively slim material--and the actors' performances had a lot to do with his deliberate pacing. As a result, it is an enjoyable character study that you can't help but enjoy.By the way, in keeping with her character's carefree views of life, Breezy is pretty matter-of-fact about nudity and is unclothed on quite a few occasions. So, it's probably not a film to show your mother or priest.

When William Holden took the part of Frank Harmon in Breezy it was a dress rehearsal for the same kind of role in Network where he was the older man who had fallen out of love with his wife and looking for something new and different. Of course his taste in women is a whole lot different. In Network Holden falls for the chic Network news executive Faye Dunaway and in Breezy he's entranced by the free spirited young hippie chick in the title role which Kay Lenz got her breakout role. These two women are about as different as they come.One thing that the story and director Clint Eastwood failed to do is give us all that much information about Breezy and how her character developed as it did. She's a type that was quite common in 1973 and it's assumed by the audience that the Vietnam War and the counterculture of free love makes her typical of young people. So when she drops into Holden's life by kind of forcing him to give her a lift in his car after a night of sex with Dennis Olivieri who picked her up.Holden's gone through a bitter and nasty divorce and we also are not quite sure about the whys and wherefores there. But Eastwood kind of takes care of it from his end when Holden and Lenz at a fancy restaurant encounter his ex-wife Joan Hotchkiss who's there with a date. Her one scene with Holden and Lenz is Breezy's most unforgettable point. This is one bitter and drunken women and while we don't really know what went wrong, it's clear why Holden wanted out of the marriage and why he's soured on the female of the species. There was a 33 year age difference between Holden and Lenz and most wouldn't give odds for this lasting, but you never know.Both Holden and Lenz give a good account of themselves making up for some plot deficiencies in Breezy.