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Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times: A stew of cheap irony, ponderous but meaningless allegory, violence and pretension, the movie is all borrowed style and calculated pandering. It does, however, get more ludicrous by the minute. So in that sense, it's good for an occasional laugh. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Ah, January, hallowed dustbin for projects half-baked, too cooked, or both, as in the case of this overstuffed actioner. Read more
Gene Seymour, Newsday: With any luck, The Air I Breathe should be the last gasp of the faux-Altmanesque school of serendipitous storytelling. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: I can't fault any of the actors for anything other than bad judgment. Their performances are fine, but a good fortune cookie might have told them to stay away from this. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: Brendan Fraser is Pleasure, Sarah Michelle Gellar is Sorrow, Kevin Bacon is Love, Forest Whitaker is Happiness, and the director is Pretension. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: For rock-bottom nasty, with no social relevance, there is The Air I Breathe, a load of amateurish bilge so silly I thought I was watching a screening at Comedy Central. Read more