A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

"Holding Your Breath" has a nice visual style to it that is very unique. It looks almost like the film makers too Asian shadow puppets and transformed this idea to a Western palate and it makes a big impression. What also makes an impression is that at times there is a 3-dimensional quality about the backgrounds that can't help but impress. It's funny, but this film reminded me of a lower quality version of "The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello"--one of the most amazing shorts I've seen in the last few years. And, as it turns out, "Jasper Morello" was made by the same people--only later, after they'd mastered their craft and further refined the process.The only reason I didn't score this film higher is that it is so visually captivating but the story itself seemed secondary--if even that. In fact, almost as soon as the animated film was complete, I was wondering what the whole story was about anyway! However, considering the overall effort and what this led to, this really isn't that big a deal and the film is a nice artistic work.