The Air I Breathe

2008 "The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live."
6.7| 1h35m| R| en
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A gambler’s bet spiraling into chaos, a gangster's prophetic visions, a pop star’s dark entanglement, a doctor’s desperate race against time to rescue his beloved... Four interconnected stories reveal life unfolding through four emotional pillars — joy, passion, grief, and love.

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ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises
Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.
Dloignon Did these actors owe someone money, or was this just an effort to add more connections to the Kevin Bacon game? Apparently you have to write 10 lines to submit a review. So now in order to save you from this movie, I am going to keep writing. However I don't really need ten lines to tell you just how bad this movie is. As I type these actors are spewing some of the worst written lines of any movie I've ever seen. I should stop watching it, but who can stop watching a train wreck. It looks like I still have a few more lines to type, so I guess I have to keep going. Maybe I should just type lines from the movie so you can read how bad they are. It says this is the first time directing for this director. Hopefully it is also his last. I don't mean to be so negative, but IMDb says I have to write ten lines and I certainly can't say anything good about this movie. Well, OK! SMG looks good, but then she always does. There, now I said something nice. Did I mention this is a bad movie?
morgandgls I love this movie, it made me cry. But one thing i think they should have done was add more to the story because it falls in to place to fast and you get it even before it starts. I wish they would have done more sorrow and pleasure . But thats just my opinion.( I'm not going to add 10 lines so I'm just gonna copy and paste )I love this movie, it made me cry. But one thing i think they should have done was add more to the story because it falls in to place to fast and you get it even before it starts. I wish they would have done more sorrow and pleasure . But thats just my opinion.I love this movie, it made me cry. But one thing i think they should have done was add more to the story because it falls in to place to fast and you get it even before it starts. I wish they would have done more sorrow and pleasure . But thats just my opinion.I love this movie, it made me cry. But one thing i think they should have done was add more to the story because it falls in to place to fast and you get it even before it starts. I wish they would have done more sorrow and pleasure . But thats just my opinion.
TJiggy Co-writer/director Jieho Lee had four good enough stories to make four different films. He tried to be "daring" and shoved them all into the one movie. It didn't work; he dished out an hour-and-a-half of undeveloped plots and characters instead.I would have preferred it if Jieho Lee had just picked one of his main characters and made a whole film about them. The fact that he didn't is a pity because the standalone story lines are intriguing enough without being muddled in with such a gratuitous and improbable intertwining plot involving a bag of stolen money.I know 'The Air I Breathe' is highly concerned with the Chinese proverb about happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. It should have been more concerned with the film making proverb about a beginning, middle and end.
e_stoverinck OK, it starts off relatively promising.. And I hope I don't spoil anything for anyone by saying it sort of went all down hill after the first 5 minutes.... Especially the end, where the supposedly pop-starry girl drives around town with loads of lip gloss smeared all over her face.... OMG - what's that all about!!!!! And I really wasn't planning on saying anything else bad about this movie (cause bad it is folks back home who think of renting this movie STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP) but since they made me write at least ten lines to be able to drop this warning I will keep on ranting for now. So, let's think, what was good?!...... Good question..... Hmmm....... Whitaker was sort of OK, although I think playing in this movie with the girl with the glossy face didn't do him any good...sorry to bring it up again (-: