There's a depth and caring to Still Breathing that you don't find in the usual major studio fare.
Still Breathing
True love, midnight visions and stacking rocks. OR The love of a lifetime can begin with a dream
1997 · 1h 49m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
James F. Robinson
Overview
Two lost souls: she a con-artist in L.A.; he a puppeteer in San Antonio have the same dream linking each with the other. He travels to L.A. to find this woman he has become obsessed with. She resists, afraid of his kooky ideas until she travels with him to San Antonio and meets his wise grandmother. Story of two disparate people linked by "fate" gets increasingly interesting as it rolls along.
Director and cast
- James F. Robinson Director
- Brendan Fraser as Fletcher McBracken
- Joanna Going as Rosalyn Willoughby
- Ann Magnuson as Elaine
- Celeste Holm as Ida
- Lou Rawls as The Tree Man
- Steven Lambert as Man in Alley
- Toby Huss as Cameron
- Michael McKean as New Mark
- Paolo Seganti as Tomas De Leon
- Angus Macfadyen as Philip
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A light and bright romantic comedy.
The film's success ultimately rests on the couple -- and not once in this film, aside from a lot of wispy talk about fate and dreams, did I see any reason why these two opposites would be drawn to each other.
This is a story that has been told many times before, but generally with more energy than this.
A gooey, swooning swatch of romantic hyperventilation, its queasy charms. And let it be said that surrendering to those charms could be as guilt-inducing as polishing off a pint of Haagen-Dazs chocolate ice cream before lunch.
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