It's very, very much worth seeing.

| Mar 14, 2021

I seriously can't imagine anyone not liking it.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 14, 2021

There are a few moments when the picture's easygoing pace turns into wobbliness, but these are insignificant compared with its many moments of shrewd insight into the lives of amusingly shaded but very recognizable human beings.

| Aug 3, 2008

Though its plot wins no points for originality, Breaking Away is a thoroughly delightful light comedy.

| Mar 21, 2007

Peter Yates, previously typed as an action director, lends the film a fine, unexpected limpidity, and the principals are mostly excellent.

| Mar 21, 2007

Displays the kind of unsentimental optimism that went out of fashion with Hawks.

| Jun 24, 2006

Breaking Away is a wonderfully sunny, funny, goofy, intelligent movie that makes you feel about as good as any movie in a long time. It is, in fact, a treasure.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 23, 2004

Here is a movie so fresh and funny it didn't even need a big budget or a pedigree.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 20, 2003