Forest Whitaker, Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman (Whitaker) bets his life on a horse race; a gang...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 6, 2008
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November 2, 2009A directorial debut by an American-Korean filmmaker. Good cast and stellar performances by all characters. The story isnt hard to follow but I think most of the concept was lost with how the film was directed, still... I liked it, the films got a different taste to it.
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April 15, 2009A perfectly awful example of a certain breed of American indie film that brings together a lot of familiar faces for an ensemble drama about... nothing. Aside from demonstrating how liberation and change can occur even at the most dire turn of events, it's not exactly clear exact...( read more)
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April 3, 2009When a film's main premises are: a) Brendan Fraser being a psychic badass, b) Andy Garcia being anywhere in the film, and c) relying on Sarah Michelle Gellar's "acting talent" you know you're gonna shoot yourself in the foot before pre-production even begins. It tries too hard to...( read more)
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October 26, 2008I'm disgusted by all the negative reviews, both critics and Flixster users.
Please, trust me, this is fantastic.
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October 20, 2008The Air I Breathe is a good movie. It has a very interesting story and a very convincing and well developed plot based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman (Whitaker) bets his lif...( read more)
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November 7, 2009Maḍ che pesantezza, ho pianto come una foca.
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November 3, 2009THE AIR I BREATHE (2008)
dir. Jieho Lee
cast. Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Andy GarciaAn ancient Chinese proverb breaks life down into what is supposed to be the ultimate four strongest emotions. Happiness. Pleasure. Sorrow. Love. So the film is separated in f
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October 4, 2009Let's get straight to it, the direction, style of cinematography and often-times lazy acting is what let's this movie down.
The old Asian proverbs about the four key emotions of life (Love, Pleasure, Happiness and Sorrow) is spun into an interweaving story with four characters c...( read more) -
Critic Reviews
January 25, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
January 25, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Brendan Fraser is Pleasure, Sarah Michelle Gellar is Sorrow, Kevin Bacon is Love, Forest Whitaker is Happiness, and the director is Pretension. full review
January 13, 2008
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
A breathtakingly bad Altman rip-off that seems like a wholly unintentional parody of multi-narrative films. full review
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July 3, 2008It's not out on DVD in the UK until SEPTEMBER (2008). That's according to play.com. Aaargh I can't believe we have to wait so long....bad enough it was only given an EXTREMELY limited cinematic release in Britain.
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February 18, 2008can someone please change the hideous Main photo for this movie to the good looking Blue movie poster?
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