Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions (1999)

  • 25% of critics liked it
    (44 reviews)

  • 31% of users liked it
    (5,836 ratings)

In a small American town called Midland City, Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis) -- a loyal father, a successful car dealer, and a respected member of the community --lives with his wife Celia (Barbara Hershey), who's addicted to pills and TV shows, and his son Bunny (Lukas Haas), who is a weakling.… More

R, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By
Alan Rudolph
Written By
Alan Rudolph
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Sep 17, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Jun 30, 2000
Buena Vista Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Atkinson, Mr. Showbiz

    Breakfast of Champions is a spectacular failure.

  • Jay Carr, Boston Globe

    A misfire.

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    Unwatchable!

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    The movie looks and feels like a frantic, live-action psychedelic cartoon.

  • Jonathan Foreman, New York Post

    Tasteless adaptation makes for flaky Breakfast.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    Not a bad movie but not a great adaptation of the fantastic book but still worth a look!

  • El Hombre I


    WARNING: Any attempts at adapting the contents of this novel to the silver screen may be hazardous to your career. I move for a vote of No Confidence <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/thumbs%20down/disney_witch/td.jpg?o=61"… More

  • Curtis L


    Bruce Willis was fun in the movie, but I think his likability rapidly decreases when he thinks nothing matters anymore. Nick Nolte's cross dressing is annoying. Still, the film was entertaining.

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic][color=darkgreen]"In Good Company" is a movie about a 51 year old sales executive named Dan Foreman(played by Dennis Quaid who is very good) who finds out almost simultaneously that his company has been swallowed up by a huge corporate conglomerate and… More

  • FanGirl B


    Quirky and slightly insane, an underapperciated film.

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