What a waste of my time!!!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Greetings from Lithuania."Breakfast of Champions" (1999) is a movie i really wanted to like, but at the end it turn out to be a one big mess of a film. There were a potential here to create something unique, and it is in some sort a unique movie but unfortunately not in a good way. Saw this movie like 15 year ago and the best thing what i can remember about it that the ending was kinda nice, i mean the message it showed (i will keep it to myself). Performances were OK, but the script is a one big mess. They tried to make many things in one story but at the end everything just felt short. Directing was also not good, because this is a very difficult movie to watch - it does not engage the viewer, but leaves it alone with the hard to swallow material.Overall, "Breakfast of Champions" is just a mess. It tried to many things in one picture, but failed first off all to show it in a more approachable way. Not a good movie by any means.

I don't understand why this movie is so misunderstood. It is a dark comedy, but very dark. I think most viewers were either looking for: A- A comedy, but this film is more absurdist and tragic than out and out comedy...--or-- B- A regurgitation of the novel.Now I have not read the novel, nor have I read any of the author's book - yet...I will now, based on Breakfast of Champions. No movie will ever include enough of a book to satisfy the viewer, for the simple fact of time...A 30 page short story usually translates into a 90 minute film, so a full novel will be missing many elements (see Davinci's Code...the film was horrible and made little sense unless you read the book) I thought this film (BofC) was brilliant as a stand alone piece. Why? It was a thought provoking tragedy, which focused on the darkly comedic side of tragedy...

I am a big Bruce Willis fan and have been since the days of Moonlighting and his early films like Blind Date or The Return of Bruno (I even have the soundtrack album performed by Bruce Willis) and normally enjoy everything he's in, including the video game Apocalypse, his voice over work is even admirable, but this is most certainly and exception to the rule. I also happen to be an avid reader of Kurt Vonnegut, from Slaughter House Five to Cat's Cradle, to Slapstick, to Player Piano, to Thank You Mr. Rosewater, Welcome to the Monkey House, Deadeye Dick, Mother Night, Timequake, Thank You Dr. Kevorkian... the list goes on and on and on. This one happens to be one of my favorite stories of all time, but once again this movie falls short in nearly every category. There was a total lack of continuity and in fact,if I hadn't read the book I'm not so sure I would have even been sure of what was really going on in this movie. In short: read Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut, don't watch it!

I'll keep it short: absolutely loved the book, for over 20 years. Still holds up and retains the quirky, sarcastic and sardonic elements that made me fall in love with it when I was 15. The movie is yet another failed adaptation of Vonnegut's work. It tries, it swings for the fences, but ultimately, it completely misses. I wanted to like this movie. I tried reeeaaalllll hard, but let's face it, it stinks. I'm not a literature snob, I think many outstanding films have been made from great books (To Kill a Mockingbird, for one), many great films have been made from sub-par books (Being There, in my opinion is one), and pretty good films CAN be made from Vonnegut (SH5 was a pretty good adaptation and Mother Night was very good, Ithought). This one was not a good film, or even a decent film. It stunk big head cheese left on a hot Texas porch in July.It wasn't for lack of trying or talent, it just failed to understand the material or simply wasn't able to translate it to film (and I just gotta say, I don't care if BoC is Willis' favorite book, he can't pull off Dwayne Hoover and his presence, while being the sole reason for this adaptation's existence, kills the film, from his acting to his obvious control over it behind the scenes as a producer and a financier). Imagine if William H. Macy was in it. That might be a good film. Try to avoid the temptation to see if this group can pull the movie off. They can't and you will be left unfulfilled and depressed, or even p*ssed off. Like I was.