1973 · romance · drama · 1970s
Breezy
Directed by Clint Eastwood1h 48m1973
A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's not that easy to shake, however, and over time a bond forms between them.
Our read: Breezy (1973) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded romance · drama · 1970s entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured romance / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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