
A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing pieces of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to F... (Full plot summary below)
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A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing pieces of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to Fingers without her agreement and she is threatened by the gangster. A dedicated doctor seeks a blood donor that might have a rare blood type to save the life of his secret and unrequited passion, a beautiful epidemiologist who's married to a friend.
Leave your thoughts about The Air I Breathe.
| House Next DoorKeith UhlichGodliness, so The Air I Breathe finally tells us, is all about the Benjamins. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxLee deserves a lot of credit for attempt the same kind of complex story structure Quentin Tarantino made look so easy in "Pulp Fiction": Like Tarantino's interlocking stories, Lee's four segments occur achronologically and come full circle in a neat twist at the very end. |
| Orlando WeeklyJ.B. MitchellThe movie takes itself way too seriously, and it doesn't add up to much, but, nevertheless, it's borderline entertaining. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonAs the plot strands begin to coalesce everything becomes far too overwrought. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigEach story has its moments, but "Air" lacks an overarching vision. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenAn ingenious contraption that holds your attention for as long as it whirs and clicks like a mechanized Rubik’s Cube. After it’s over, however, you may find yourself scratching your head and wondering if there was any purpose to this sleek little gizmo. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe source for Jieho Lee's The Air I Breathe is an ancient Chinese proverb about the four cornerstones of emotion - love, pleasure, happiness and sorrow. But Lee and co-writer Bob DeRosa went 0-4 with their convoluted screenplay, making me thankful they didn't try to adapt the Seven Deadly Sins. |
| Matt's Movie ReviewsMatthew PejkovicPretentious in its tone, ambitious in its goals, and incompetent in its execution, The Air I Breathe is a polluted mess despite its good intentions. |
| CinematicalChristopher CampbellNone of the four morality plays ... are necessarily original in plot, nor is the film itself particularly innovative in its structure ... it just seems flat and useless. |
| New York PostKyle SmithSituations get increasingly ridiculous, and none of the characters ever seems like anything but a screenwriter's sketch. |