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Breakfast of Champions is a spectacular failure.
Michael Atkinson, Mr. Showbiz
Breakfast of Champions
In a world gone mad, you can trust Dwayne Hoover.
1999 · 1h 50m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Alan Rudolph
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Breakfast of Champions
Overview
A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one day, he wakes up and realizes that his life is a total mess! But between the headaches posed by his pill-popping wife, a mistress who won't leave him alone, and a cross-dressing sales manager, Dwayne has picked a bad week for a midlife crisis.
Director and cast
- Alan Rudolph Director
- Bruce Willis as Dwayne Hoover
- Albert Finney as Kilgore Trout
- Nick Nolte as Harry Le Sabre
- Barbara Hershey as Celia Hoover
- Glenne Headly as Francine Pefko
- Lukas Haas as George 'Bunny' Hoover
- Omar Epps as Wayne Hoobler
- Vicki Lewis as Grace Le Sabre
- Buck Henry as Fred T. Barry
- Ken Hudson Campbell as Eliot Rosewater / Gilbert
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
25%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Another middle-aged male-crisis opus, it begins on a note of total migraine-inducing hysteria, which continues unabated throughout.
Amy Taubin, Village Voice
Rotten
Unwatchable!
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
The movie looks and feels like a frantic, live-action psychedelic cartoon.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
A long series of misfires in writing and acting.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
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