Review of Breakfast of Champions (1999) by Pieter-Jan V — 11 Nov 2009

All-Star cast, based on a book by Kurt Vonnegut... sounds too good to be true? It is... read the book!!!

This review of Breakfast of Champions (1999) was written by Pieter-Jan V on 11 Nov 2009.

Breakfast of Champions has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Dukas J (23) on 31 Mar 2011

The screenplay is a travesty. It concentrates on the action of the story while disregarding all of the meaning and emotion of it…

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Structurally, the film is a mess: on screen, the novel's digressive, anecdotal narrative seems directionless and muddled…

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By Pascal W (2) on 13 Sep 2014

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By Thescarlatescu R (226) on 11 Nov 2011

Cool freaky movie with willis and nolte and some colorful characters, very under rated. not for everyone, I love freaky shit…

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By Anthony S (1,574) on 28 Jun 2008

Ha ha ha ha..! Kurt Vonnegut`s got a twisted and brilliant mind.. Maybye Nick Nolte`s best preformence. Great directed and very funny…

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By Miguel T (45) on 22 Sep 2010

Why did I waste my time watching this movie...? Because Bruce Willis was in it. Life is too short to watch bad movies. This…

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Fails in a pretty spectacular manner but, to its everlasting credit, it goes down swinging and sometimes even connecting…

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By Rod E (628) on 03 Aug 2013

This is where I say that the book is way better than the movie. The movie version is somewhat of a train wreck but is a little interesting…

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By Franky M (111) on 22 Jul 2008

It's unfortunate that this movie was so poorly directed and written. The cast was great, and they tried really hard…

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By Rodney E (723) on 03 Aug 2013

The cast of adaptation of Vonnegut's fine book is the best thing I can write about this film: Albert Finney (as Kilgore Trout…

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