really like the idea of the story,it's very good indeed,but still there's something a bit weak and poorly built in this movie.

"The Air I Breathe" is based on the four emotional cornerstones; happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. Four stories are crossed and the outcome has different directions. A businessman (Forest Whitaker) has lost the meaning of his life and he literall... (read more) "The Air I Breathe" is based on the four emotional cornerstones; happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. Four stories are crossed and the outcome has different directions. A businessman (Forest Whitaker) has lost the meaning of his life and he literally bets it on a fixed racehorse. A gangster (Brendan Fraser) has the gift of seeing the future, but one day that suddenly changes. A popstar (Sarah Michelle Gellar finds herself in the hands of a brutal crime boss, Fingers (Andy Garcia), and her career becomes something she hardly expected. And a doctor (Kevin Bacon) needs to save the love of his life before she dies from a snakebite.

Hmmm... so yet another dramatic take on a few life stories crossing paths. We have seen a few on the screens since "Short Cuts" and some of them have been really good, like "Crash" and "Magnolia". "The Air I Breathe" is not bad, but I think it is a bit messy in terms of how the stories intersect. Some performances are better (Garcia, Whitaker, Bacon) than other (Gellar, Fraser) and that creates a bit of an unbalance as well in the movie. A three in the middle from me.

Decent intertwine storyline film.

Unfortunately story and cast failed to fulfill my expectations. Although I can hardly describe it, story and characters seem to lack drive and motivation - some characters and scenes are plainly unnecessary.

Slow and tedious not recommended at all!!!

nothing original about this movie at all, i can think of at least 5 movies with the exact same theme that tries to connect with a chain of events, and all of which is at least as good or way better than this. Hardly any character development (all the... (read more) nothing original about this movie at all, i can think of at least 5 movies with the exact same theme that tries to connect with a chain of events, and all of which is at least as good or way better than this. Hardly any character development (all the characters end up being what they started off as), no underlying theme to keep me guessing what or where the movie was heading for, and worst of all the over the top melodrama a) Trista's father getting hit my the car. b) Pleasure's friend dying from a broken glass. c) Trista saved from the fall by Love. d) the over acting by Love himself... the list goes on. And on top why would Trista need to hide her name ? is it because it would be easy for her to escape from fingers?

i'm surprised by how much i liked this, and its not just beacuse i love smg, who CAN act by the way. something about this film felt different, not the storyline or its ability to enthrall or its eventual crossroads, but ..... i don't know. it made me... (read more) i'm surprised by how much i liked this, and its not just beacuse i love smg, who CAN act by the way. something about this film felt different, not the storyline or its ability to enthrall or its eventual crossroads, but ..... i don't know. it made me feel all of the emotions it portrays and more without trying too hard.