Breaking Away

This movie is a classic that entertains today as much as it did when released! Not much are better than this. Writing, cast and acting top notch. Caio!

A classic coming of age film & something truly special for cycling aficionados (especially those of us born in the 70s) Bellisimo 👌

What else can be said. I was thing that oddly Breaking Away is underrated. But think I am wrong. It is mostly under-appreciated.

Breaking away gives us peak Dave "Enrico Gimandi" Stroller. A true coming of age film, becoming an adult with a little bit of adversity.

This was my era; graduated in 1982 from High School. I knew guys like this back in the late 1970s, and beautiful college girls...and fell in love with cycling too. One of my favorite movies of the era.

Agree with Roger Ebert's review. A gem of a film.

Unique coming of age film about a guy who cannot break from his high school friends who he's grown up with since childhood. It's an interesting dichotomy. Do you become an adult and end your childhood friendships, or do you continue to be a child forever. I've seen what remaining a child happens does to people. It's a sad end. Great movie.

I hate to be cliche, but they truly don't make them like this anymore. Just a pitch perfect movie that's as heartwarming human as it is truly funny.This movie had a huge impact on me as a kid and revisit it time and again to remind myself of the power of a great script, great actors and a story everyone can find something in. As inspiring as any Rocky movie. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and give it a watch.

Super coming-of-age film. Honest tale of 4 lads and the all so relatable late teen challenges of girls, studies, sports and hopes. Really nicely done

An All Time Classic. The acting is phenomenal with Dave, Dave's Dad, and Mike being the standouts. The cinematography is excellent, with great racing shots and IU serving as a memorable location and all of it is on location. The music is really good also and the pacing is excellent. The editing is very good. The only issue is Dave is the main character in the second half but tis not entirely clear who is in the first half. This does merge a racing and coming of age story extremely well together though. This is really unique for a film around this time to have none of the cynicism or grittiness of the 70's in a coming of age story like this and feels almost like it belongs in the yester years. It's filled with sincerity, charm, and great chemistry. It doesn't do anything different you haven't seen a million times already, but it does it so well and with just enough of a uniqueness with the cycling aspect to make it amazing and unique. Everyone should check this out once.