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- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary New York attorney Liv (Melissa Barrera) is stranded in the Canadian wilderness after her private plane crashes in this survival thriller Limited series.
Created By: Brendan Gall, Martin Gero
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Keep Breathing
Season 1 Premiere: Jul 28, 2022
45
3.2
Summary New York attorney Liv (Melissa Barrera) is stranded in the Canadian wilderness after her private plane crashes in this survival thriller Limited series.
Created By: Brendan Gall, Martin Gero
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
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86% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
45
14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
86% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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0 Reviews
Barrera sells the idea that she can absolutely survive, making her resourcefulness in the situation almost plausible. Now we just need to see where the plot goes, which will play out in those flashbacks. ... One of the things we like about the six-episode limited series is that the episodes are all around 30 minutes, so you’re not seeing Liv wandering around the wilderness for hours on end.
A show with so many good elements. It's too bad that “Keep Breathing” can't figure out how to put them all together.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 17 User Ratings
3.2
12% Positive
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35% Mixed
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6 Ratings
53% Negative
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 17 User Ratings
3.2
12% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
35% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
53% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
It is not the survival movie most wanted, or expected it to be, it seems.
Instead it is about how you survive the relationships that shape you. Being the product of a dysfunctional family myself, I was totally onboard.
Terrific performances throughout , especially from the lead.
There is always Disney+ for the rest of you.
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Its concept has very little traction and its dramatic exploration is repetitive and flawed.
I never felt invested in the character or her predicaments, both because she's not a really interesting person and because of Melissa Barrera's inability as the lead to make her odyssey and personality more captivating. As a movie it would also have been totally irrelevant, I don't know what made them think it should have been a miniseries.
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Once you start "Breathing," there's a curiosity about how it all turns out, especially since the time demands aren't that daunting. That's not an awful bargain, but if you're waiting for it to get better, well, don't hold your breath.
Where its predecessors were inventive in their approach, Keep Breathing plods along, tediously unrealistic and painfully predictable. You might even find yourself rooting for Liv’s demise in an effort to stir up some excitement.
Rather than perch on the edge of your seat, you are more likely to drift off gently to sleep, perhaps dreaming of a pleasant holiday in a log cabin, and wake up when it is all over.
In all, “Keep Breathing” is, despite some nice moments, fairly forgettable — making its great achievement its willingness not to keep viewers on the hook for hours longer than necessary. Sometimes, that’s impressive enough.
Even if Keep Breathing is entirely Liv’s story, a lot of time is spent on secondary characters so weakly written that none of the supporting performances emerges as even the least bit memorable. ... Barrera has to carry Keep Breathing in a way that no single actor in Yellowjackets has to do, and she nails that level of heavy lifting.
The first episode is great and pulled me in. Gave me castaway vibes. After that though the show spends far too long on unimportant flashbacks that have no relevance to the main story. There is some flashbacks that create good background to her survival knowledge. But overall you could cut out 70% of this show and it would be a far better movie than a limited series.
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Melissa Barrera stars as a New York attorney who ends up alone in the Canadian wilderness after her plane crashes. This leads to the inevitable environment and survival challenges. Unfortunately, the filmmakers thought it would be more impactful if they spent more than half the time in flashbacks. These are supposed to flesh out the character's emotional journey, but they add more tedium than anything. The endurance ordeals sometimes push credibility or coincidence, but there is a decent trek to be appreciated. Ultimately, this could have been a solid thriller as a 2-hour feature, but the addition of the past memories dilutes most of the suspense. NOTE: This film is also listed some places as Breathe.
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I give it 3 points for good cinematography, music and some passable acting. Other than that this show has no merit. This is standard Netflix trash. Lots of money getting you a good audio visual experience, but ultimately something so thin and trite that it never should have been made. Watch 127 hours or The Jungle if you want to see where the ideas were stolen for this show. The most frustrating part of Keep Breathing is that they made up their own crappy story instead of making a show based upon the endless pile of compelling and true survival stories. This show is as inert as it comes.
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What a letdown. I like the parts where she is trying to survive the wilderness but this flashback stuff is irritating. So boring.
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This actress has only 2 facial expressions. The plot reads like a short book written for high school Spanish class (Las drogas en su guitarra!). I'm not gonna subject myself to this mess.
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Production Company:
- Quinn's House
- Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date: Jul 28, 2022
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Imagen Foundation Awards
• 1 Nomination
