Synopsis
When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.
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Cast
- Guy PearceKeith Reynolds
- Felicity JonesSophie
- Amy RyanMegan Reynolds
- Mackenzie DavisLauren Reynolds
- Kyle MacLachlanPeter Sebeck
- Ali WentworthWendy Sebeck
- Lucy DavenportSophie's mom
- Hugo BeckerClément
- Ben ShenkmanSheldon
- Brendan DoolingRyan
Recommendations
- 83
The Playlist
Intimate, expressive, agonizing and beautifully rendered. - 80
The Guardian
The story of the ingenue who enters the fold and awakens deep feelings is nothing new, but Doremus makes it all utterly captivating. He mines just the right amount of drama and spontaneous comedy from each moment and the foreshadowing is perfectly weighted. - 80
Variety
While the plot — too low-key to be called a thriller — points toward obvious extramarital cliches, delicate changes in the overall mood reveal deeper truths. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Director Drake Doremus confirms his knack for pinpointing subtle emotional tremors on fragile personal landscapes, even if some too-easy coincidences and pat dramatic moments chip away at the compressed story's credibility. - 67
IndieWire
To be fair, Breathe In may hit a lot of familiar beats, but none of them are entirely unwelcome. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
A romantic melodrama that’s so well-cast and acted and made with such loving care that you could almost forgive how long it takes to get to its obvious conclusion, how melodramatic the whole “sordid” affair is. - 50
The Dissolve
At every possible turn, the film chooses to take the dumbest and most reductive path. It remains semi-watchable nonetheless, which is a testament to the skill of its four lead actors, who valiantly struggle to remain truthful. - 40
The Telegraph
The whole thing unspools at such an unremittingly earnest pitch that it leaves you groping under your seat for a ventilator.
