why the hell i liked this movie? i dont know :) i just did

I can't bring myself to enjoy it that much. Sure, jump cuts are fun and I can recognize its influence of style, but the drama is distractingly uneven. The characters are unlikable to the point where I just don't care what's going on, especially when it's trying to subvert or send up the gangster genre. I'm sorry, inner film snob.

similar to bande a part, breathless is an anti-americanization movie in godard's own style of satire, which i dont enjoy much.his directing is brilliant though.

A work of utter style and hypocrisy. Probably the best debut ever made.

It took me a few days after watching this movie to like it. At every turn a cinematography/narrative convention is intentionally broken. In this way the audiences realizes they HAVE these assumptions, and recognizes the tropes in every other film they watch. Not necessarily a good "casual" film, but a good example of how best to break the rules of cinema.

I was surprised by just how enjoyable Breathless is. Even now it feels fresh and original and the characters are a joy to watch. In particular, the movie's high point is a 24-minute scene of the two main characters sitting in an apartment bullshitting and flirting. Seriously. Godard knows how to make such mundane things interesting to watch.

A fun and surprisingly "cool" film whose strengths - the editing, the style, the dialog, the story's simplicity, the emotional detachment - may also be seen by some as its weaknesses. This is the first French New Wave film I've seen and it definitely piques my curiosity in the movement.

Very cold to me. I don't really understand why either of these two do most of what they do.

Playful and "light", but it also has something to say on love and gender differences in sexuality. Still it's perhaps a bit too light-hearted for me to appreciate this as the masterpiece many claim it to be.

"...a deliberately unpolished gem, all the more beautiful for its refusal to play by the rules."

Jean-Paul Belmondo is a total douchebag and I love it! I enjoyed his character so much. The editing in this is so funny, I laughed at every jump cut and line cross. Melville's cameo was great also.

The film moves along with a carefree attitude, with sporadic editing and jump cuts that aren't so much jarring as they are playful. Much of the movie takes place on the bustling streets of Paris, and with all the handheld camera work it almost feels like documentary. Godard combines those verite stylings with Hollywood noir influences to create one hell of a good time.

The only Godard I could get into. Seaberg is fascinating.

Godard could've easily been a great writer or musician, his style is so different and at times frustrating yet peerless and pleasing at the same time. I'm sure that when I revisit the film, it'll be like watching it for the 1st time all over again (much like Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction"). This is not cinema, this is Godard, and although its style overpowers the narrative, it's one of the most fun you'll have at the movies. "Breathless" is an audacious and entertaining piece of work.

The faults of this film disappear under the haunting gaze of its two leads. Their conversation meanders around banal trivialities that obscure their private searches for identity, and they work so hard to keep things light. These passionate, empty lives are rendered bolding, as the quick, awkward takes lead into longer, more luxurious sequences, combined to present a film that plays out at the halting, break neck speed of life.

A triumph of aesthetic and pacing, Breathless finds Godard in some kind of ultra-cool element, mesmerically capturing the interaction of leads Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg - both of them being on their game.

Boring, overrated and annoying are just a few words I can think of to discribe this film.

Breathless is just a lot of fun. Considering the short length, lack of variety in scenes, and rather simple plot, it's impressive that the characters' charm and witty banter is what keeps this movie so fresh and engaging. Cited by many as the foundation of the French New Wave, it's easy to see why Breathless is considered such a classic. Fun, upbeat, light and also thoroughly engaging, Godard and Truffaut created a masterpiece of 60's French cinema.