Don't Breathe

Name: Don't Breathe
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Crime
Released: August 26, 2016
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Daniel Zovatto, Dylan Minnette, Emma Bercovici, Franciska Töröcsik, Jane Levy

2016

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Screen Gems | Release Date: August 26, 2016 | R

Starring: Daniel Zovatto, Dylan Minnette, Emma Bercovici, Franciska Töröcsik, Jane Levy, Stephen Lang

Summary: A trio of friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they’ll get away with the perfect heist. They’re wrong.

Director: Fede Alvarez

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 88 min

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Brad Wheeler

Aug 25, 2016

A home invasion story that is as artfully terrifying as "Home Alone" was entertainingly hilarious. Read full review

Christian Holub

Aug 25, 2016

Thought-provoking but rather lacking in the second-by-second scares genre fans tend to expect. Read full review

Justin Chang

Aug 25, 2016

[Alvarez is] a master at orchestrating tension in close quarters, at painting his characters into a corner one minute and dangling them out a window the next. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Aug 25, 2016

Like a lot of films of this breed, Don’t Breathe gets a little less interesting as it proceeds to its inevitable conclusion, replacing tension with shock value, but it works so well up to that point that your heart will likely be beating too fast to care. Read full review

Britt Hayes

Aug 25, 2016

Alvarez has crafted an intense, relentless and confident thriller that only occasionally fails. Read full review

Pat Padua

Aug 25, 2016

Despite the violence, the real horror of Don’t Breathe may be the sense of futility that all its characters feel, whether they can see or not. Read full review

Marten Carlson

Aug 12, 2016

There is an unpredictability to the film that is, at times, refreshing. This unpredictability turns into meandering, however, leading to narrative incoherence at many points. Read full review

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Thegodfatherson

Aug 26, 2016

Don't Breathe is a knockout. It is a gruelling film that features an excellent Stephen Lang and is very well directed by Fede Alverez. Alvarez (Evil Dead) crafts a horror experience that is one for the ages. Extremely well written and shot, it is a prime example of one of the best horrorDon't Breathe is a knockout. It is a gruelling film that features an excellent Stephen Lang and is very well directed by Fede Alverez. Alvarez (Evil Dead) crafts a horror experience that is one for the ages. Extremely well written and shot, it is a prime example of one of the best horror films ever made. This one will go down as a classic.… Expand

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Jan 12, 2020

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Muskrat147

Aug 30, 2016

An incredibly tense and chilling addition to the home invasion genre, Don't Breathe packs in plenty of scares and thrills into its 88-minute run time.

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DangerDave1409

Dec 21, 2021

First of all: I dont like horror movies. This one was fine for me, nicely made. Sometines too much weirdness or disgust. No really good acting but hey. Good ending. Havent seen the second part yet.

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Broyax

Dec 3, 2020

Un petit thriller bien sympathique ma foi : dans la zone fantomatique de Detroit, des jeunes branques ont la fâcheuse habitude de cambrioler les baraques restantes… mais cette baraque-là est habitée par un vétéran qui se révèle étonnamment dangereux malgré son handicap !

Les ficelles sontUn petit thriller bien sympathique ma foi : dans la zone fantomatique de Detroit, des jeunes branques ont la fâcheuse habitude de cambrioler les baraques restantes… mais cette baraque-là est habitée par un vétéran qui se révèle étonnamment dangereux malgré son handicap !

Les ficelles sont classiques mais bien ficelées ici et puis la blondinette aux yeux bleus est vraiment ravissante : elle ressemble à Reese Witherspoon avant qu’elle ne commence à se rabougrir mais ici en plus jolie ! elle s’appelle Jane Levy et j’en prends bonne note. En outre, la réalisation est fort bien faite tandis que le rythme ne faiblit pas, du début à la fin… malgré quelques rebondissements discutables.

Mais ce qui est plus discutable concerne le vétéran lui-même, âgé mais encore costaud et qui a plein de flingues dans la maison (paranoïaque le vieux soldat, ouais, ouais, ouais…) : il en fait voir de toutes les couleurs à ces vilains voleurs… malgré son handicap. Oui, c’est sévèrement tiré par les cheveux tout ça… voire burlesque. Mais ça reste divertissant.… Expand

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geezii

Mar 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. OMFG, how is this really bad movie have decent ratings, I never felt the need to make a MC account as the ratings have always been good but this is just way too high! this is seriously one of the worst movies I've seen in a LONG time, and I could care less about the twist scene (that I saw coming a mile away why else would he have been pissed that girl died) that has everyone pissed. its just full of plot hole after plot hole with 4 of the most unbelievable characters I've ever seen. I mean the whole night long the house has gun shot after gun shot coming from it but the cops only show up when the alarm goes off, I mean I know Detroit is bad but cops responding to gunshots still happens it just takes an hour or 2. that plot hole is one of MANY, more include bringing a gun because you are afraid of a blind guy, sleep gas not doing a damn thing, that fall not breaking a single bone in that girls body same goes for the nerd and his fall tho he did seem he might have a broken rib or something, dude randomly knows which way to go in a pitch black basement, the basement hatch has cracks in it why couldn't they see that someone was clearly standing right in front of it, did old man even have time to get to the hatch from where we last saw him why did they not hear him walk above them across the house why would he just assume that's where they went leaving every possible other exit free for the taking while following them down would keep all the other ways free and still secure that one, the amount of luck that blind man has is absurd, that or he has echolocation like he is daredevil or something... I mean how does a blind man even abduct someone, clearly that girls fault she got kidnapped. … Expand

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