An enjoyably but languidly paced film that captures the slower pace of life in 1970s Australia.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 4, 2021

It's purposely low-key, but it thrives on deflecting expectation and wallowing in its own ethereal state.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 15, 2020

Despite a dearth of concrete dramatic developments, Breath is saturated throughout with foreboding.

| Jul 26, 2019

Thirteen-year-old Bruce Pike, aka Pikelet, is thoughtful and sensitive. His best mate, Ivan Loon, aka Loonie, is a scallywag who runs wild and is up for anything. But from day one, they're both in thrall to the primal joy of surfing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 7, 2019

There's a richness to cinematographer Arnaud Potier‎'s work here that mirrors the depth of the characters, often times operating in various shades of blue and making evocative use of the natural light he lets in.

| Nov 13, 2018

The Australian surfer drama is the sleeper film of the summer.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 1, 2018

Ruminating surfer drama Breath, based on the best-seller fromTim Winton, cherishes the micro exchanges of male machismo.

| Original Score: B | Nov 1, 2018

A coming-of-age story without the Stand by Me sentimentality, Breath is a refreshingly original take on boyhood and on surf-movie tropes.

| Aug 24, 2018

Baker proves himself a talented director; he manages the rolling rhythms of his waves and his story with skill...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 24, 2018

The film's plot is as capricious and changeable as the sea, which may annoy those looking for more to, you know, happen.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2018

Clare Foy is luminous. But it's Garfield's charm that makes this film enjoyable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 21, 2018

Inappropriate relationships...leave a discomfort to almost overwhelm the convincing portrayal of male adolescent bonhomie, the gorgeous scenery, and fantastic surfing scenes.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 22, 2018

This tender and evocative Australian coming-of-age drama is specific in its setting but universal in its themes.

| Jun 22, 2018

There is a moment in the third act where Eva calls Sando's old wise man shtick "guru shit", and it would be amusingly self-observant if the screenplay wasn't fully committed to embracing two hours' worth of that very new-age nonsense.

| Original Score: C- | Jun 20, 2018

As odd as it may initially seem, The Endless Summer becomes Summer of '42, and Breath reveals itself to be the coming-of-age story it's been all along.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 14, 2018

Grey might come in 50 shades (or so we're told), but there are just as many hues of blue in Simon Baker's first film as a director, most of them found in Western Australia's stunning waters.

| Jun 13, 2018

Visually appealing, but disjointed and largely unsatisfying.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jun 11, 2018

Baker keenly captures the beckoning magnetism of active waters, not to mention the searching souls - young and experienced - who gravitate toward its dangers.

| Jun 7, 2018

Breath is an okay coming-of-age film but the Australian-set film doesn't really add anything to the genre...

| Jun 3, 2018

In spite of his low-key ambitions, debut filmmaker Simon Baker doesn't yet have the eloquence as a director to get you on board.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 1, 2018