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The Air I Breathe (2007) -- A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman (Whitaker) bets his life on a horse race; a gangster (Fraser) sees the future; a pop star (Gellar) fall
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7.1/10   17,762 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Jieho Lee (written by) &
Bob DeRosa (written by)
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Release Date:
13 December 2007 (Greece) more
Tagline:
Sometimes the things we can't change...end up changing us. more
Plot:
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life. full summary | full synopsis
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Proof that Imitation is Mess, not Flattery more (89 total)

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Also Known As:
Fragmentos del destino (Mexico)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and some sexual content/nudity.
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95 min
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When Brendan Fraser is looking at pictures of the famous pop star Trysta played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, real magazine photos of Sarah Michelle Gellar were used. more
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Factual errors: When Fingers wants Pleasure to listen to some music, the remote doesn't belong to this type of B&O stereo. This stereo always uses a beolink 1000 remote. more
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Happiness: I always wondered, when a butterfly leaves the safety of its cocoon, does it realize how beautiful it has become? Or does it still just see itself as a caterpillar?
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References Krull (1983) more
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Surface Tension more

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11 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Proof that Imitation is Mess, not Flattery, 16 May 2008
2/10
Author: WasteBot from U.S.A.

Outside of Forest Whitaker putting in another outstanding performance, the film reeks of imitation. How he ended up in this film would make a better film than this. It may be the case of another seemingly hot writer/director who has a good idea but fails to expand it beyond some notes.

This is why when it doesn't reek of imitation, it reeks of stupidity. It's not well thought out. If it were a smarter film, you might say it attempts to morph different aspects of great films into a single film. One might say that it's intelligent for a thriller/horror type film, but it's not.

It attempts to cover the stupidity by using a smart art technique of separating the film out of normal story continuity and then bringing it all back together again at the end by seeing an incident near the beginning from a different perspective. Outside of not screwing that up, the film fails completely.

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