The defence The Big-Idea Head
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Don't Breathe
Horror · Thriller · 2016
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Movie details
Don't Breathe
“This house looked like an easy target, until they found what was inside.”
2016 Horror · Thriller 1h 29m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.0 / 10
Community rating
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Don't Breathe?
For the defence
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
Nearby on the taste map.
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The Collector
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Don't Breathe 2
Thriller · 2021
The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her.
See for Me
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Alone
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Cold Meat
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David Petersen is passing through the Colorado Rockies. After saving a young diner waitress from her violent ex-husband during a break from driving, he hits the road again alone through a dangerous snow blizzard. One false move behind the wheel has him waking up inside a ravine, in the eye of the storm. But the cold is the least of his worries when a beast starts prowling outside. How will he survive?
Don't Move
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A grieving woman in a secluded forest encounters a killer who injects her with a paralytic drug. As her body shuts down, her fight for survival begins.
See No Evil
Thriller · 1971
In the English countryside, Sarah Rexton, recently blinded in a horse riding accident, moves in with her uncle's family and gallantly adjusts to her new condition, unaware that a killer stalks them.
Whisper
Horror · 2007
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Fede Álvarez
Written by
Fede Álvarez · Rodo Sayagues
Stephen Lang
The Blind Man
Jane Levy
Rocky
Dylan Minnette
Alex
Daniel Zovatto
Money
Emma Bercovici
Diddy
Franciska Törőcsik
Cindy
Christian Zagia
Raul
Court is in session
Put Don't Breathe on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Sentimental Softie
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.