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  • 1999
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  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 50 m
Breakfast of Champions

Summary Based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut, this is the story of Dwayne Hoover (Willis), the most respected business man in Midland City, who is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. When Hoover meets Kilgore Trout (Finney), a misunderstood and impoverished writer, their two worlds collide, setting forth a ripple of events that will alter both ...

Directed By: Alan Rudolph

Written By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Alan Rudolph

  • 1999
  • R
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 50 m

Breakfast of Champions

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
42
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.2
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Summary Based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut, this is the story of Dwayne Hoover (Willis), the most respected business man in Midland City, who is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. When Hoover meets Kilgore Trout (Finney), a misunderstood and impoverished writer, their two worlds collide, setting forth a ripple of events that will alter both ...

Directed By: Alan Rudolph

Written By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Alan Rudolph

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
42
12% Positive
2 Reviews
53% Mixed
9 Reviews
35% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
42
12% Positive
2 Reviews
53% Mixed
9 Reviews
35% Negative
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80
An adaptation that can rightfully be called brilliant.
By Gregory Weinkauf FULL REVIEW
59
Just isn't funny enough to sustain the lunacy.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW
50
Among the year's biggest disappointments.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
50
Has some fine individual moments but fails to cohere into a grander, more substantial statement on the themes it aspires to tackle.
By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW
38
Consumerism is running more amok than ever, but this satire of it isn't.
By Jay Carr FULL REVIEW
30
Vonnegut's brand of juvenile surrealism...doesn't age especially well...but it could hardly be worse served than to be brought to the screen with such ham-fisted literal-mindedness.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
0
A movie so unhinged it practically dares you not to hate it.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.2
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.2
67% Positive
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17% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Production Company Flying Heart Films, Hollywood Pictures, Rain City, Rational Packaging Company, Sugar Creek Productions, Summit Entertainment
Release Date Sep 17, 1999
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline In a world gone mad, you can trust Dwayne Hoover.
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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