The Air I Breathe

The Air I Breathe (2007)

  • 12% of critics liked it
    (25 reviews)

  • 63% of users liked it
    (21,753 ratings)

Four stories, representing the emotional principles of love, pleasure, sorrow, and happiness, come together in this episodic drama from first-time director Jieho Lee. A powerful crime boss, Fingers (Andy Garcia), subtly controls the destinies of four people whose circumstances have brought them to a… More

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R, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By
Jieho Lee
Written By
Jieho Lee, Bob DeRosa
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Jan 25, 2008 Wide
On DVD
May 6, 2008
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Critic Reviews

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

    Each story has its moments, but Air lacks an overarching vision.

  • 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.

  • Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

    I can't fault any of the actors for anything other than bad judgment. Their performances are fine, but a good fortune cookie might have told them to stay away from this.

  • Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times

    A stew of cheap irony, ponderous but meaningless allegory, violence and pretension, the movie is all borrowed style and calculated pandering. It does, however, get more ludicrous by the minute. So in that sense, it's good for an occasional laugh.

  • Gene Seymour, Newsday

    With any luck, The Air I Breathe should be the last gasp of the faux-Altmanesque school of serendipitous storytelling.

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  • Sajin P


    Yet another done-to-death, serendipitous, connecting-the-dots kind of movie. Only reason I walked into this one is because of the names Kevin Bacon and Julie Delpy in the cast sheet, and their bit parts were over within the blink of an eye. Apparently the movie is based on some kind… More

  • ♥Robyn


    a strong cast and the lead characters all portray an emotion...... The four chapters are titled Happiness, Pleasure, Sorrow, and Love, each has a main character known only by the chapters title.... happiness (Forest Whitaker) a down on his luck man who attempts to find… More

  • Jennifer D


    Interesting... no, really. It was kinda of Crash-y but more violent. And I really liked the end. Wish that the Love (Kevin Bacon) story line had more oomph to it, but I think in these fractional tales, one story line usually gets a little shafted. But really, the acting was great, the… More

  • familiar s


    IMO, it's just another movie blending several stories into one film. Despite of blending of several stories & a bit non-linear timeline, it's pretty easy to follow. However, the movie, in part as well as in whole, wasn't engaging enough. Hardly any story was… More

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    Cast: Kevin Bacon, Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Andy Garcia, Taylor Nichols, Forest Whitaker, Clark Gregg, Emile Hirsch, Julie Delpy, John Cho, Jason Dolley, Kelly Hu Director: Jieho Lee Summary: Kevin Bacon, Forest Whitaker, Brendan Fraser and Sarah Michelle Gellar… More

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