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Asthma
Our filthy hero Gus mutters to himself, just before stealing a white Rolls Royce. He happens upon Ruby, a stunning tattoo artist he's always had a thing for, and waves her into the convertible. The misfits escape the city and into nature, sharing a joint, wondering why things used to be so much cooler in the '70s. Asthma is a modern romance that explores addiction in a fresh and honest way. She warns him not to fall in love with her, but the higher you are the harder you fall.
17 June 1980, La Crescent, Minnesota, USA
8 December 1981, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
10 August 1959, New York City, New York, USA
21 January 1974, New York City, New York, USA
10 January 1950, San Francisco, California, USA
5 September 1976, Kentucky, USA
11 March 1950, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
December 01, 2015
It must be possible to make a movie in which the hero is a trust-fund baby/heroin addict/car thief and still maintain some rooting interest in the story's outcome. Asthma is not that movie.
October 05, 2016
Jake Hoffman's feature film directorial debut, Asthma, deploys almost every romantic comedy trope there is, all the while throwing in heroin to give it some street cred.
October 23, 2015
Like its protagonist, the film is doomed by how small of an imprint every aspect leaves.
October 24, 2015
A film about ennui-filled photogenic folk who can scarcely muster enough curiosity or imagination to be interested in each other, let alone the wider world, is always going to struggle to win the interest of any viewer.
November 26, 2015
"Asthma" loses its spark and momentum long before the halfway point - a genuine disappointment.
October 20, 2015
Asthma inevitably becomes another film about a man airing out his traumas and hitting all the requisite marks on his path to healing.
November 07, 2015
The soundtrack is fantastic and Samuel eminently watchable, but "Asthma" suffers from near-lethal doses of self-satisfied hipness.
August 18, 2016
Gus just isn't a guy I liked spending time with, watching him meander around gracelessly about as entertaining as having tiny hot needles poked into my eyes A Clockwork Orange-style.
December 04, 2015
A fascinating character study.
November 20, 2015
Too bad the music has to stop for anyone on screen to talk.