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Scott Foundas, Variety: An obsessive friendship between two teenage girls unfolds with equal amounts of tenderness and terror in Breathe, a modest but acutely observed and affecting adolescent portrait. Read more
Mike D'Angelo, AV Club: It's perhaps no surprise that Laurent, who could probably have played Sarah herself a decade ago, gets superb performances from her two young leads. Read more
Peter Keough, Boston Globe: Nuanced, sensitive, and unflinching ... Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: With her co-screenwriter, Julien Lambroschini, Laurent doesn't make the mistake of overhyping the mounting dread. The intensity is best served by their methodical, low-key approach. Read more
Boyd van Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter: Though the story has undergone quite a few changes, what's intact is the novel's grittiness and emotional honesty, which more than compensates for the occasional coming-of-age cliche. Read more
Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times: The entire piece is precisely woven together, from script to performance to execution, and the result is a chilling study of emotional annihilation and its aftermath. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Breathe is also about the great intimacy between girls that is an exclusively female domain (the closest boys can achieve is a bromance, but don't even think about cuddling and stuff, bro). Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Sarah's story doesn't track with reality, which is easy enough to predict. But what's overwhelming is how Laurent's film seems to understand the ache of tentative teenage friendship. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: "Breathe" conveys an uncanny insight into the psychology of late adolescence, when lingering childhood fantasies can combust with burgeoning adult sexuality in a swirl of uncontrollable feelings. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: These are extraordinary performances, and considering France's way of nurturing female talent, Japy and de Laage could be at the dawn of 40-year careers. They're that good. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice: It's a chilly, elegantly assured little picture, a horror story with its roots not in fantasy but in the reality of hurt feelings. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: In some ways it plays like a horror movie, in other ways it's almost a documentary. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: I can tell you that Ms. Laurent's direction is astute and economical, that both of the film's young stars give fine performances, and that "Breathe" is a very good title for a film that ever so gradually takes your breath away. Read more