Abandoned, a baby is left at the doorstep of Father Bernard (Neeson) in Ireland in the 60s. Despite being raised...
Abandoned, a baby is left at the doorstep of Father Bernard (Neeson) in Ireland in the 60s. Despite being raised by a strict foster mother and in a Catholic school, Patrick 'Kitten' Braden dons dresses and lipstick from an early age and embraces early manhood as a cheery young transvestite - in-built with a refusal to let others change who he is.
Patrick leaves home and falls in with a rock singer before leaving Ireland to look for his real mother. His nonchalant nature sees him float through a scrapbook of experiences, troubles and unconventional jobs in the politically charged, swinging 60s/70s London. Director Jordan (famous for THAT scene in 'The Crying Game') depicts the story in a fanciful, surreal fashion.
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58 %121 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
80 %86,039 reviewsAudience score rating
"Neil Jordan revisits the central concerns of "The Crying Game" -- sexual identity and Despite 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..."
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Variety
Variety"The movie is like a Dickens novel in which the hero moves through the underskirts of society, encountering one colorful character after another... "Breakfast on Pluto" tells the story of an Irish orphan, left on the steps of a priest's rectory and raised by a strict foster mother. Patrick discovers his identity at an early age. One day the woman finds him trying on her dresses and shoes..."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Playful, poetic, shocking, saddening, and ultimately gratifyingly and honestly big-hearted..."
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Premiere Magazine
Premiere Magazine"This has charm and glamour but little profundity..."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Like Cillian Murphy in high heels, Breakfast On Pluto totters along with unnerving hesitancy. Writer/director Neil Jordan uses transvestism as a byword for quirky, but he ventures too far off the beaten track without a compelling story to carry him through. He has made a few inspired changes to the rites-of-passage novel by Pat McCabe about an Irish transvestite living in up in 70s London. But for every moment that glitters there are ten others that don't..."
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BBC
BBCBreakfast On Pluto | Details
- Runtime
- 124
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- Ireland, UK
