El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

critic Reviews

, 92% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Entertaining if not essential, El Camino adds a satisfying belated coda to the Breaking Bad story -- led by a career-best performance from Aaron Paul.
  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Angie HanMashable
    There's nothing about El Camino that is essential; while it won't tarnish your memories of the original series, it won't reframe or enhance them, either. It's a nice ride with some old friends. Sometimes, that's just enough.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Eric DeggansNPR
    For fans of the show who know these characters, that's a welcome conclusion for a story we didn't even know we missed until Vince Gilligan showed it to us.
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    Chris StuckmannChrisStuckmann.com
    It's really well shot, really well acted, and it's constantly engaging.
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  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Graeme BlundellThe Australian
    In the end, though, we are left with little more than a movie that follows a renegade hero trying to flee from the authorities chasing him down while the narrative flashes back to the memories he can't outpace.
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    Chuck BowenSlant Magazine
    The film mixes a self-help message with moments of hard, cruel detail.
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    Vadim RizovSight & Sound
    El Camino will only work for fans who can recall who all these familiar faces are - the nostalgic pull and possibility for reconnection are sometimes recapped in dialogue, most of it avoiding the ludicrously expository, but outsiders will be baffled.
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    Aaron CharlesInSession Film
    White is one of the great characters of recent memory. He dominates the story of Breaking Bad like few characters. Pinkman doesn’t carry this story in quite the same way.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Charlie AshbyBut Why Tho? A Geek Community
    Fans of Breaking Bad will be delighted with El Camino, which not only adds to the world of the show – but as a love letter to Jesse Pinkman, even manages to improve upon an ending many thought couldn’t be beaten.


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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Bill BriouxBrioux.tv
    A fun ride. A showcase for Aaron Paul.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    M.N. MillerReady Steady Cut
    While El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is moderately enjoyable escapism, it’s ultimately an indulgence that’s an extension of its series finale and may only offer a sense of closure for the creators involved rather than its fans.
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