The Air I Breathe

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The Air I Breathe

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The Air I Breathe

Forest Whitaker, Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Andy Garcia, Kevin Bacon

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  read more... )ster (Fraser) sees the future; a pop star (Gellar) falls prey to a crime boss (Garcia); a doctor (Bacon) must save the love of his life.

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  • Gx7
    November 2, 2009
    Gx7
    A 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.

    ...( read more)nt size=1>Director: Jieho Lee
    Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
    Recommendation: Good for a rental.

    [P.S. Yes, I know I havent been reviewing movies all that well lately, just have too much on my plate to compose anything decent these days.]
  • EarthlyAlien
    April 15, 2009
    EarthlyAlien
    A 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)ly what it's trying to say. All borrowed style and calculated pandering.
  • middleeasternfilms
    April 3, 2009
    middleeasternfilms
    When 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) be Crash and Magnolia tied together and ends up being a boring ultra-violent piece of trash that makes no sense at times. BUT...Emile Hirsch is excellent, as he always is.
  • mistershinobi
    October 26, 2008
    mistershinobi
    I'm disgusted by all the negative reviews, both critics and Flixster users.

    Please, trust me, this is fantastic.

    *Review coming soon*
  • barrys
    October 20, 2008
    barrys
    The 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)e on a horse race; a gangster (Fraser) sees the future; a pop star (Gellar) falls prey to a crime boss (Garcia); a doctor (Bacon) must save the love of his life. Its a film full of drama, it also has a little of humor some of it involuntary. The cast is formed by all-star actors, Brendan Frasier delivers an outstanding performance as a mobster who can see the future, Sarah Michelle Gellar's role as a singer that apparently is happy but lives ina deep sadness was very good and convincing, Forest Whitaker excellent as always, Andy Garcia as a cold heart gangster is amazing, Kevin Bacon's performance is great as a doctor capable of doing anything to save a life and Emile Hirsch was also very convincing and even funny at some moments. To resume, this is a very good movie with mixed feelings such as sadness, happiness and love that you will enjoy and fully recommend.
  • kmansell1
    December 23, 2009
    kmansell1
    an all star cast bring life to this great film in which four storys entwine. the film is well told and there is a fitting soundtrack to the film. a good film.
  • Jay52187
    December 14, 2009
    Jay52187
    Very gritty and raw tale... dont expect laughs and joy from this tale... there are a few twists that I didnt see coming and I had a mixed feelings when the credits came up
  • youthagainstfascism1
    November 10, 2009
    youthagainstfascism1
    a wannabee crash/paul haggis movie
  • theloneowl
    November 7, 2009
    theloneowl
    Madò che pesantezza, ho pianto come una foca.
    Però ho apprezzato Brendan Fraser (!)
  • InfamousHugo
    November 3, 2009
    InfamousHugo
    THE AIR I BREATHE (2008)
    dir. Jieho Lee
    cast. Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Andy Garcia

    An 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

    ...( read more)our short films, if you will, with characters all at some point playing small parts, or bigger, in someone else's story.

    Forest Whitaker is Happiness. A business man who went to school all his life to finally have a job that supposedly makes him happy, but it doesnt. For some reasons, he decides to take risks and bet money on a horse, that is really going to win, according to some of his colleagues. The horse doesnt and he find himself owing a lot of money to Fingers, a bad guy. That will bring him to rob a bank, he'll finally feel alive and will make him happy.

    There are three more stories like that, involving Brendan Fraser as Pleasure, A man working for Fingers who happens to be able to see in the short future. Sarah Michelle Gellar is Sorrow, a Britney-style pop star who has been bought by, guess who, Fingers. Last, and least, we have Kevin Bacon as Love. A doctor who tries to do all he can when his best friend's wife is about to die, he is in love with her.

    The Air I breathe had so much potential but it was all wasted cause of a lack of talent in the writing. Its only 90 minutes long, there is no time to develop any of the characters or make the audience care for their quests. There are also some ridiculous things, like when in the fourth part, Kevin Bacon has to find someone with a rare blood type that doesnt even exists in real life.

    The directing is bt too stylish without spending time with the emotions of the characters. Its weird how a film about emotions never manages to make the audience feel anything on that level.The acting is alright, even though there seems to be some miscasting and some tired performances. A good idea badly handled and executed but its not terrible, its pretentious though and it stays on the average level all the way. Could have been better.
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