Film1979100 min

Breaking Away

Name: Breaking Away
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1979
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Dennis Christopher, Barbara Barrie

Taste attributes: comedydramasportsteentried & testedlightrealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcoming of agecomplex relationshipgame/competition

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"The movie that tells you exactly what you can do with your high school diploma!"

Boxlist takeAn uncomplicated, contained comedy-drama: emotional and grounded. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.2 /10

TMDB · 181 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends and parents annoyance.

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