Beautifully shot with flawless acting by all of the actors. The casting is perfect. Fantastic to see Tim Winton's wonderful book brought to the screen with such finesse. A thoroughly enjoyable movie with an undercurrent of wisdom.

I read this book in my teens and couldn't put it down, I felt the film brought it to life in such a magical way. Bravo Simon Baker.

Very good in many ways, not so good in others... Not sure what the point of the author's book or this film was or might be yet, as why would a long-since grown-up man still be obsessed about teen-aged coming-of-age stories?

Clunky script ("you larve ya chops"), direction and performances that suffers in striving for authenticity and relies heavily on well worn Austraaaaaaliana and tired movie standards.

Great film, beautiful landscapes, fantastic sound, ambience in keeping with the 70s, beautiful performance by Simon Baker, as always, and a pleasant surprise in the performance of the boys. Only the time of the film could have a little more rhythm.

A coming of age film that gets blurred between the desires of a young boy and his older lover. There's lack of motivation for the affair and the expectations of the older lover is realistically to advanced for the young boy experiencing his first sexual encounter.

Beautiful scenery. Keeps true to the book. Gentle story. Good performances by all especially considering the two boys were cast for their surfing not for being actors. Depicts the period very well - clothing, language.

I'm in tears watching this movie as it is the first time watching this film and growing up riding waves that were very good quality, has been sad and the producers of this movie must know about my family. My sister hurt herself on a dirt bike growing up and had gravel in her sown up leg like the girl with the scar. My friend who was my good friend in the first two years at a private high school, which has a similar uniform to the boy and I was his age when attending that high school and that friend has received money to pretend to be gay in my hood I'm from in Aotearoa and he might have targeted boys that age, as I noticed it on Tumblr the app, which upset me and I seen him with his own business name called Bazaz builders, around two and a half years ago during a brief visit after two years of working back in Australia. Boys the same age as these two actors who are surfers, got targeted by a gay porn producer, from the same town where I went to the private school at their age. I'm unhappy with ruining my life due to these people yo so I don't like it bro and bye mate.

I loved this movie. The book was amazing and when I heard that Simon Baker was directing and acting in this, it was extremely exciting. The movie is a beautiful coming of age story set against the stunning backdrop of wild Australian scenery.

Great coming of age plot.

A movie based on the writing of Tim Winton and didn't disappoint.

This has been described as a beautiful coming of age movie as after developing an interest in surfing, a teenage boy and his friend forge an unlikely friendship with an older surfer. I can see how that might be the case in terms of its cinematography and quiet, contemplative pace, however, its subject matter is uncomfortable at times, most notably its sex scenes between a young teenage boy and an older woman.

An Australian coming of age and character study film combined into one makes 'Breath' hard to follow and ever worse boring. It's too long. They may not have had enough dialogue for a short, let alone a feature and there are only so many beautiful ocean and panoramic views one can take. There isn't any meat on the bones here and combine that with a couple bizarre plot twists make this a definite miss. Unfocused and all over the place just incase you stay for the ending beware it doesn't work. Simon Baker stars, edits, directs, produces, and writes what is a clear passion project. It's his directorial debut and let's hope he learns to tighten things up next time around. Final Score: 4.4/10

It was definitely an unusual one. But that's what I liked about it. The characters were all so strange. Through every turn I thought something terribly bad was about to happen but it just kept floating in its own peaceful ocean. The story itself was easy to follow and drifted as smoothly as the sea. I couldn't stop watching as I wanted to see what would come of their strange friendship. I am glad I had stayed till the end as It was a really clever movie.

Started off well and got better. Then suddenly the surfing went out the window and a sad end to the story line.

Love this movie. So Australian. Masterful use of surfing in the storyline, but itï¿ 1/2(TM)s not a surfing movie. Loved everything about it.

A great film which powerfully depicts the transition from childhood to the world of adults and brilliantly interprets Tim Winton's novel.

Really enjoyed this. A lot of more under tones going on than i expected...but i had not read anything about it first. Based on true story. Love Simon Baker..always have.

A story that deals with complex subjects through the eyes of innocence. Director Simon Baker keeps a light touch on a plot that could have easily gotten bogged down. This trip to the Australian coast in well worth the trip.

The fine actor Simon Baker makes his directorial and writing debut in the Australian coming-of-age film. To me, the movie had its moments but never seemed to gel into anything substantial. I would say a near miss.