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Peter Yates' Oscar-winner is a heart-warming coming-of-age story that has also taken its place as the greatest sports movie about cycling ever made. Funny, moving and inspiring, Breaking Away is one of the most loved feel-good films in cinema history. Four friends graduate from high-school and find themselves looking at an .. Read more
| Starring | Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley |
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| Director | Peter Yates |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, Sport |
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Outstanding
Don't be put off by the cycling pictures and references that accompany the marketing of this film. It is not about cycling. That is only incidental. It ... read more »
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Adolescence brilliantly captured
Oh the difficulty of being adolescent, and the occasional glory when things go right! The sound quality of our disc was appalling, but even so the movie was the... read more »
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Worth a watch
Although this film is a litle dated now it still has an innocence about it which is endearing. Its your classic underdog story, a little contrived in places but... read more »
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All-time classic
Watched it with family. My eldest daughter says it is her favourite film of all-time. Fantastic film. Three-dimensional characters - the Dad is hilarious!
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Cyclopaedia
This is a good-natured rites of passage Amercian yarn.It's very soft at the edges and utterly predictable and formulaic but it's also sweet and fun.
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Put me in mind if anything of Billy Liar.
A big theme treated with a light touch, good script, fine performances and doesn't outstay its welcome. Hate to sound like an old grouch, but they really ... read more »
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Stand By Me on wheels
The title Breaking Away can have two meanings: to break away from the main pack in a bike race and take the solo win or in reference to the main characters and ... read more »
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1st time since 85 and its still a winner
My father, an ardent cyclist, let me stay up to watch this. Such a great film and its charm hasn't palled.
Not really a cycling movie but in the ... read more »
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Good Fun
Just a boys coming of age film but good fun all the same. I'd no idea that so much went into cycle racing. Young actors excellent and I intend to see what ... read more »
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One of my all-time favourites
I've seen this movie many, many times, and it never fails to give me huge pleasure. It's everything as described under the title, and more. The last ... read more »
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Buon giorno, papa!
Charming coming of age tale from the late 70s. I hadn't seen this film in a while but pleased to say that it's as fresh and relevant now as it was back ... read more »