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Breaking Away
The film follows teenager Dave, who has recently graduated from high school and has to figure out what to do with his life. After discovering his passion for bicycle racing, Dave chases for his dream while overcome the prohibition from family.
22 February 1928, Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
14 July 1961, Northridge, California, USA
22 February 1948, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
May 20, 2003
Here is a movie so fresh and funny it didn't even need a big budget or a pedigree.
June 24, 2006
Displays the kind of unsentimental optimism that went out of fashion with Hawks.
March 21, 2007
A delightful sleeper.
March 12, 2010
The triumphant ending teeters on twee, but feels warranted enough to give it a pass and enjoy the moment right along with him.
July 22, 2010
Breaking Away embraces the good old fashioned small town family values that would catapult Ronald Reagan to an enormously popular two term presidency. And still, I like it.
March 21, 2007
Though its plot wins no points for originality, Breaking Away is a thoroughly delightful light comedy.
August 03, 2008
Christopher is so good in this quietly charming, Yates-drected tale of four high school graduates trying to decide what to do with their lives that it's a wonder he didn't achieve the heights of co-star Quaid.
March 21, 2007
Peter Yates, previously typed as an action director, lends the film a fine, unexpected limpidity, and the principals are mostly excellent.
October 23, 2004
Breaking Away is a wonderfully sunny, funny, goofy, intelligent movie that makes you feel about as good as any movie in a long time. It is, in fact, a treasure.
August 03, 2008
There are a few moments when the picture's easygoing pace turns into wobbliness, but these are insignificant compared with its many moments of shrewd insight into the lives of amusingly shaded but very recognizable human beings.
December 18, 2010
Rousing bicycle race story is a family favorite.