Breathless

A wanton, playful film, belying the stated despair by its boiling energy.

I still don't understand why Mr. McBride and Mr. Carson elected to do the film but, considering the more obvious possible pitfalls, they could have done a lot worse. That is meant to be praise.

The result is a stylistic exercise without any genuine human concerns we can identify with -- and yet, an exercise that does have a command of its style, is good-looking, fun to watch, and develops a certain morbid humor.

The attitudes on display are so distanced and derivative that the picture still seems to have no life or identity of its own.

...a periodically watchable yet mostly tiresome endeavor...

McBride and Carson try to find their own approach to the fugitive lovers on the run picture, updating it with oversaturated colors, a high-energy soundtrack of classic rock and contemporary punk rock songs, and lots of steamy sex and nudity.

While it's fun to watch Gere gnaw on the scenery, Kaprisky's wooden performance makes their dynamic feel lopsided...despite these misgivings, I can acknowledge that all of the above is what makes it a perfect B-movie...

Even with its tragic ending, this is a sunny, almost wholesome Breathless, with lovers who are less like film noir antagonists than two cuddly, sexy kids on a spree.

Richard Gere provides nuance to his character's alienation with evident talent. [Full Review in Spanish]

"Breathless" is both sexy and maddening in the best way.