It's an eerily skilful performance by Garfield, making it easy to imagine that he really is trying to master the art of speech by regulating his flow of available air.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 29, 2017

Robin's story is certainly a tale of near-triumph over adversity, and the director manages to keep cheap sentimentality at bay. In many ways this is a very English story about intestinal fortitude and the stiff upper lip.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 29, 2017

The producer of Breathe, Jonathan Cavendish, is the son of the incredible couple whose story is immortalised in the movie, giving it a weighty, personal connection that transcends some empty exercise in virtue.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 20, 2017

Part exuberant love story, part great escape adventure, this is an old-fashioned tale of triumph over adversity that refuses - like its protagonists - to succumb to confinement.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 29, 2017

Breathe is moving, informative and gently funny.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 27, 2017

Whenever things take a turn for the surreal, as opposed to the sentimental, Breathe expands.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 27, 2017

The start of an exciting new chapter in the career of Andy Serkis.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 26, 2017

We are awed by the tale; less by its telling.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 26, 2017

I had trouble caring about almost anything that was transpiring, not exactly the outcome I expected before sitting down to give this film a look.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 24, 2017

First-time director Andy Serkis and screenwriter William Nicholson fail to tell a proper narrative, instead relying on disability alone to be the story.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Oct 21, 2017

Garfield and Foy do standout jobs of bringing honesty and realism to their roles, but "Breathe" often suffers from sucking in too much air.

| Original Score: C+ | Oct 20, 2017

Very much a love story, not just between Diana and Robin but between a son and his parents.

| Original Score: B | Oct 20, 2017

This is a film that rises above the doldrums. It inspires in the best way, in large part because it's based on a true story.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 19, 2017

Thirty minutes in, we're pretty sure we know how the movie is going to turn out - even if we're unfamiliar with Robin's remarkable journey and his lasting impact. That doesn't mean Breathe isn't worth seeing.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 19, 2017

If its subject were around to see this film, would he appreciate the tender care that his son obviously took in making it? Or might he be annoyed to have so little attention paid to what he himself was thinking?

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 19, 2017

"Breathe" is obvious Oscar bait, but its engaging story and appealing cast make that agenda easy to excuse.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 19, 2017

It's a rather hunky-dory, dainty depiction of what can't have been an easy situation.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 19, 2017

Too much of this based-on-truth drama relies on sentiment, manipulation, a bruising soundtrack, and lax storytelling.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 19, 2017

The sentiment may run high in spots. But it also feels undeniably heartfelt and warm, with a particularly engaging turn by Andrew Garfield as Robin.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 19, 2017

In the end, it really does seem these people were worth a movie, but that the movie is giving us only part of the story.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 18, 2017