Breakfast on Pluto (Widescreen) - Region 1 DVD

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i wanted to like this film and its not all bad, but to be perfectly honest its slow and wrought with problems.

the whole of the story is actually quite interesting but getting to it is hard because it is simply difficult to sit through long enough to let it develop. in short: a boy is orphaned at birth and brought up in a catholic family and school. he dreams of meeting his mom ... read more

Description: Set in the 1970s amidst the british-irish conflicts this follows the journey of self-discovery of a young man who realizes at a young age that he is different. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/25/2008 Starring: Cillian Murphy Brendan Gleeson Run time: 129 minutes Rating: R Both epic and intimate, Breakfast on Pluto uses the life of Patrick "Kitten" Braden (Cillian Murphy, Batman Begins), a queer orphan boy, to explore the hidden worlds that lie beneath so-called "normal" society--the subcultures of homosexuals, the Irish Republican Army, and prostitutes. At odds with his conservative Iri Set in the 1970s amidst the british-irish conflicts this follows the journey of self-discovery of a young man who realizes at a young age that he is different. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/25/2008 Starring: Cillian Murphy Brendan Gleeson Run time: 129 minutes Rating: R


Both epic and intimate, Breakfast on Pluto uses the life of Patrick "Kitten" Braden (Cillian Murphy, Batman Begins), a queer orphan boy, to explore the hidden worlds that lie beneath so-called "normal" society--the subcultures of homosexuals, the Irish Republican Army, and prostitutes. At odds with his conservative Irish town, Patrick rebels with the fearlessness of someone whose life feels worthless. When he leaves for London, where he hopes to find his mother, he joins a touring rock band, is almost murdered, becomes assistant to a magician (Stephen Rea, The Crying Game), is arrested as an IRA terrorist, and joins a peep show--and those are only half of the markers on his odyssey (the movie struggles to encompass the novel by Patrick McCabe). Though the first half of the movie feel almost weightless in the headlong rush of events, a rich emotional heft sneaks up on you; by the end, Breakfast on Pluto has become almost unbearably sad and wonderfully buoyant. Murphy's superb performance is both delicate and willful, ably supported by an excellent cast, including Liam Neeson (Kinsey), Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), and Ian Hart (Backbeat), as well as rock stars Gavin Friday and Bryan Ferry (who has a particularly creepy cameo as a serial killer). --Bret Fetzer

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