Review of Breath (2017) by Jackson R — 05 May 2018
Beautiful to watch, it's amazing to see some of the South Coast of Western Australia represented on film in a lot of different moods and tones. Baker has done a great job in this regard. However, I feel his storytelling prowess, and perhaps the adaption of the novel (which I haven't read) let this down quite a lot.
There are unfortunately a lot of tropes that don't seem to have moved on much past Winton's earlier novels. The coming of age story of a young boy, the stereotyped parents, the best mate, the high school romance story, the oblique mentor.
None of this is particularly striking or fresh.
This review of Breath (2017) was written by Jackson R on 05 May 2018.
Breath has generally received positive reviews.
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