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Summary Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle) stars in this drama focused on a mid-life crisis gone bad for a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug dealer after he discovers that he has lung cancer. Breaking Bad is produced by High Bridge Productions, Inc. and Gran Via Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television for A...

Created By: Vince Gilligan

  • 2008
  • TV-MA
  • AMC
  • 2008
  • TV-MA
  • AMC

Breaking Bad

5 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 20, 2008
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 98 Critic Reviews
must-watch
87
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 17,499 User Ratings
9.4
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Summary Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle) stars in this drama focused on a mid-life crisis gone bad for a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug dealer after he discovers that he has lung cancer. Breaking Bad is produced by High Bridge Productions, Inc. and Gran Via Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television for A...

Created By: Vince Gilligan

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 98 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 98 Critic Reviews
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96% Positive
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4% Mixed
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0% Negative
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100
Aug 22, 2012
Breaking Bad [is] a radical type of television, and also a very strange kind of must-watch: a show that you dread and crave at the same time.
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100
Jul 12, 2012
Taut, efficient and directed with a scalpel, Breaking Bad remains a marvel.
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Universal Acclaim Based on 17,499 User Ratings
9.4
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Universal Acclaim Based on 17,499 User Ratings
9.4
96% Positive
16853 Ratings
1% Mixed
241 Ratings
2% Negative
405 Ratings

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CGnomazoid
Apr 4, 2024
There are a lot of good tv shows, great ones even- but none that I have seen have been as strong throughout as Breaking Bad. What an experience!
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jerocuervo
Apr 3, 2024
The best TV show I ever seen in my **** life. Greetings from zona sur, Argentina.
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100
The show keeps delivering the kind of mind-expanding dramatic highs that ought to require a prescription.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
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The chemistry of every television show should have as rapid a half-life as Breaking Bad, transforming into something new while building off the critical elements of the past.
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There is a genuine suspense and thrill to the show now, but it succeeds largely as a treatise not on the tragedy of cancer but on the sheer monotony of it, the relentless waiting around.
By Ginia Bellafante FULL REVIEW
75
Breaking Bad promises seven compelling and unique hours of drama.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW
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Breaking could be a good study of acting, since Cranston and Aaron Paul (as his partner, Jesse) get under the grimy skin of their characters. But there's not enough of the good stuff, like writing, directing, mood, cinematography--you get the point.
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borannogay
Feb 1, 2024
The best series ever. Expertise in acting, music, story, costumes and decor, camera angles, emotional transitions and text. I'm not sure if something better will come. Frankly, I don't have much hope.
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Potet69
Jun 6, 2023
breaking mid‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎
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RobMarr75
Dec 31, 2022
Extremely overrated. I would say watch the first season, and then you've seen what you need to see. It's clear the writers didn't have a plan after that. Cranston and Paul are fun to watch, but doesn't really have legs.
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Art3ValGO
Sep 23, 2022
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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ArthurM1
Nov 25, 2021
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company:
  • High Bridge Productions
  • Gran Via Productions
  • Sony Pictures Television
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Initial Release Date: Jan 20, 2008
Number of seasons: 5 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 16 Wins & 58 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 16 Wins & 52 Nominations

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