I didn't enjoy this movie at all I think it's title should be Yawn not Breath. Great cinematography, one dimensional characters, unexplained plot twists and the 2 characters Sando played well by Simon Baker and Eva played with icy detachment by Elizabeth Debicki I found excruciatingly annoying and frustrating.
Sando's character a once famous surfer turned immature irresponsible hippy chasing lost dreams (its never explained what happened to his career) and Eva his sickly injured girl friend who shows no emotion at all and without giving the plot away ( there's not much to give away) becomes entangled in what I found to be a disturbing and predatory sexual encounter with the only character in the story,I had any empathy with .Eva is the most disturbing female character I've seen depicted in a film in ages .
The 2 young actors cast as Pikelet and Loonie played by Samson Coulter and Ben Spence are excellent but Richard Roxburgh and Rachael Blake's characters as the parents who seem to let their son do anything he wants , even risk his life fulfilling the whims of surfer hippy freedom in my opinion are wasted due to the parents lack of character development.
I did like Pikelet's decision at the end it was the best part of the plot.
I know people who enjoyed it and have read good reviews and bad for this film but as I always say the best critic for a film I see is myself and in this instance not my cup of tea thanks, perhaps I'm over Coming of Age films I didn't like Call Me By Your Name either for similar reasons.
Review of Breath
