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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
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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  - ugaritic99
  - 10 reviews
  - Cobham
  - 02 Apr 2008 at 14:25
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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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  - Hertfordshire
  - 20 Mar 2012 at 15:14
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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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  - 01 Sep 2011 at 14:53
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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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  - 16 Jul 2011 at 12:21
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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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  - Pimlico London
  - 12 Jul 2011 at 20:28
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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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  - 17 Apr 2011 at 03:57
- - 3
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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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  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 13 Apr 2011 at 17:26
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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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  - Hackney
  - 05 Jan 2011 at 15:00
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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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- - crispin40
  - 530 reviews
  - Stirling, Scotland
  - 21 Aug 2010 at 21:42
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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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  - Hove, UK
  - 07 Aug 2010 at 08:58
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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 »
  
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- - Scott Thompson
  - London, England
  - 11 Jul 2010 at 19:21
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- - 24
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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 »
  
  Report this review
- 548211
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - ugaritic99
  - 10 reviews
  - Cobham
  - 02 Apr 2008 at 14:25
- - 6
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  this means WAR!
  
  Midtown America, in the 70s, where town meets gown . . . head on. On campus are the yuppy Haves, with all the advantages that privilege brings. Back in town, ... read more »
  
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- - MrPicky
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  - Oswestry
  - 25 Dec 2007 at 17:02
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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 »
  
  Report this review
- 982042
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 13 Apr 2011 at 17:26
- - 0
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 904789
- - Scott Thompson
  - London, England
  - 11 Jul 2010 at 19:21
- - 0
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 912272
- - a customer
  - Hove, UK
  - 07 Aug 2010 at 08:58
- - 0
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 916844
- - crispin40
  - 530 reviews
  - Stirling, Scotland
  - 21 Aug 2010 at 21:42
- - 0
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 950998
- - a customer
  - Hackney
  - 05 Jan 2011 at 15:00
- - 0
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 983400
- - a customer
  - 17 Apr 2011 at 03:57
- - 0
  - 0
  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.
  
  Report this review
- 1016406
- - a customer
  - Pimlico London
  - 12 Jul 2011 at 20:28
- - 0
  - 0
  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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- 1017845
- - a customer
  - 16 Jul 2011 at 12:21

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- Breaking Away
  
  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-...