Rudolph lets his directorial vision loose here, a giddy cinematic id that displays more imagination and more daring in every cathode tube and every street sign, every growl and every rant, than most Hollywood movies have in their whole run time.

| Feb 19, 2025

Structurally, the film is a mess: on screen, the novel's digressive, anecdotal narrative seems directionless and muddled.

| Jun 18, 2012

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 19, 2002

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 14, 2001

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Unwatchable!

| Original Score: F | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Tasteless adaptation makes for flaky Breakfast.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

If you can stand the tumult, you may find yourself feeling giddy as you watch old pros like Nolte, Willis, Hershey and, especially, Finney play at such a high pitch.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

A long series of misfires in writing and acting.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

The movie looks and feels like a frantic, live-action psychedelic cartoon.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Boring cinema.

| Jan 1, 2000

Another middle-aged male-crisis opus, it begins on a note of total migraine-inducing hysteria, which continues unabated throughout.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

A misfire.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Breakfast of Champions is a weirdly stillborn experience.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000