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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxJordan and McCabe's real triumph here, however, is the tenderness with which they imbues "Kitten," and the astonishing grace with which the extraordinary Murphy pulls it off.
- 80Film ThreatEric CamposFilm ThreatEric CamposIf you like your boys pretty and your stories incredible, this movie is for you.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversIn substance and style, the movie is more than a few tears short of Jordan's "The Crying Game." But Murphy is an actor to watch. Even in heels.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThanks to Jordan's bravura storytelling, Breakfast on Pluto is one of very few movies this year truly worth remembering.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIn a year overcrowded with wonderful performances by lead actors, Mr. Murphy's immensely appealing turn ranks among the strongest.
- 60The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThough he (Jordan) directs with admirable skill, his usual touches don't drive the film--which occasionally threatens to lose its shape.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenTedious portrait of a troubled Rolling Stone.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyDespite numerous surface pleasures, including a beguiling pop soundtrack and presence of rising star Cillian Murphy in the lead role, dramatic shortcomings spell a mixed overall reception.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanJordan lets slip virtually every rudiment of drama. He never deigns to develop his characters, he coats the movie in a wet blanket of whimsy, and he lets pop songs do his work for him more lavishly than Cameron Crowe did in "Elizabethtown."
- 10Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonMay be Jordan's wildest mis-shot yet, so dense with dying fizzle and limp ideas that I began to wonder if Jordan has an evil twin, or if there are in fact several Neil Jordans, among them at least one literate stylist and one humor-handicapped village idiot.