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Rating:  - Showing its age
This is a charming little film but it is really beginning to show its age! Nice and eccentric but moves a little slowly at times...as a mad cyclist I loved it
Rating:  - forgotten classic
Breaking Away is the forgotten classic of 1979. The story of Dave Stoller the Bloomington "cutter", cyclist and would be Italian, who with his friends is in search of his true identity. Brillant performances from dennis christopher, Dennis Quaid and Daniel Stern. Why Paul Dooley didn't win an academy award for his brilliant portrayal of Dave's dad is a mystery. The film did win an academy for best original script. There is justice in the world. While the film received a swag of nominations in other areas. A brilliant rites of passage film that belongs in every classics collection.
Rating: - Growing up on two wheels
I bought this movie after my purchase of a Walz cycling cap caused my wife to say, "You really need to see breaking away."
Ostensibly a cycling film, the story is centered on four friends who've made a pledge to waste their lives together after high school. The lure of the real world is too strong, though, and they must choose between rising to the various challenges they face or falling back into a life of obscurity and regret. It's all about the journey for these four young men.
But don't worry, cyclists: In addition to all the heavy stuff in the preceding paragraph, Breaking Away also features lots of fun on two wheels, plus an edge-of-your-seat bicycle race or two. All in all, a fantastic movie.
Rating:  - It is o.k.
This is an o.k. movie for a Sunday afternoon while it is raining. It is not a thriller or a super cyclist film in my opinion. It is somewhat entertaining, but I do not get the hype about it.
Rating: - Breaking Away
Peter Yates's heartfelt, life-affirming movie will prove a winner for older kids and adults. Christopher is appealingly quirky in the central role and the film showcases the budding talents of future stars Quaid and Stern as two of Dave's buddies. Paul Dooley is outstanding as Dave's bewildered father, a solid Middle American you might actually buy a used car from. Don't miss this one.
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