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An Irish boy becomes an emotional and sexual outcast as the 1960s fade into the 1970s in this period drama from director Neil Jordan. When he was just a baby in the early '60s, Patrick Braden (Conor M... read more read more...cEvoy) was abandoned by his mother and left on the doorstep of a church overseen by Father Bernard (Liam Neeson). Placed in a foster home, sensitive Patrick doesn't much care for the emotionally chilly attitude of his new "family," and psychologically buffers himself against the world by writing stories that make fun of Father Bernard and the other authority figures in his life. As he grows into adulthood, Patrick (played as an adult by Cillian Murphy) also discovers that he enjoys dressing in women's clothes and prefers the company of men, and as a teenager he falls into an affair with Billy Hatchet (Gavin Friday), a nightclub performer who also runs guns for the Irish Republican Army. In the early '70s, Patrick -- who has since taken on the drag name "Kitten" -- makes his way to London, where he becomes involved with Bertie (Stephen Rea), a small-time nightclub magician who gives the young man a place to say, a sense of security, and a job as his on-stage assistant. However, Patrick's idyllic life with Bertie proves short-lived when his old friends come to town on IRA "business." Breakfast on Pluto also features a supporting performance from former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 2 hr. 9 min.

Directed by: Neil Jordan

Release Date: November 16, 2005

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DVD Release Date: April 18, 2006

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  • hunterjt13
    November 13, 2011
    hunterjt13
    An orphaned transvestite navigates associations with the IRA and the search for his birth mother.
    Aside from the chameleon performance by Cillian Murphy as Kitten, there is very little to like about this film. The story is a very basic tale about separation and coming of age tha... read moret, when it doesn't wreak of cliche, lingers on banalities.
    Overall, Murphy is the only reason to see the film, but even then, the rest of the film is bound to disappoint.
  • stevenecarrier
    April 13, 2011
    stevenecarrier
    Like Patrick McCabe's novel, Neil Jordan's "Breakfast on Pluto" is episodic and fragmented. I did enjoy the way Jordan moves his camera and Cillian Murphy is committed to bringing Patrick Braden to life, but it's far too little to save the film. I found this unengaging and emotio... read morenally schizophrenic, a combination that left me feeling alienated. Plus, the chapter dividers are totally unneeded in the film, it didn't work that great in the book and on film it's totally superfluous.
  • rubystevens
    January 14, 2010
    rubystevens
    it's a sweet and hopeful tale about a foundling named kitten, growing up strange in an irish town that never understood him, moving to swinging london in search of his long lost mother, and having many adventures along the way. cillian murphy is wonderful as kitten, a somewhat n... read moreaive character who never gives up on love. takes awhile to get going and it's a bit uneven. i can't say i don't miss the dark days of mona lisa and the crying game but it's a fun film with enjoyable pop soundtrack
  • ythelastman89
    November 16, 2009
    ythelastman89
    I just love the completely outrageous nature of this. The narrative side of this is just such a charming and unique story. Cillian Murphy just shows what an amazing actor he is with a truly convincing and realistic (to the story) character. It also spares no expense to go sideway... read mores every once in a while to show fantasies/dreams without coming off as corny or naive.
  • SirPant
    September 29, 2009
    SirPant
    Another fine Neil Jordan film! The cast are brilliant especially Cillian Murphy. The film works well in chapter format and delivers laughs and tears in equal measures without insulting the audience. Not as good as The Crying Game but definitely up there as one of Jordan's best fi... read morelms!
  • 76Majikat
    September 11, 2009
    76Majikat
    An interesting role for Cillian Murphy and one he played well. A tale that seems over the top in parts and realistic in others. It?s not a hugely powerful storyline, yet it?s one that keeps yours attention throughout.
  • DrBenway
    January 27, 2009
    DrBenway
    An important difference between this film and The Crying Game comes out in the performances. What Cillian Murphy does here is different than what was asked of Jaye Davidson. Murphy is known to us and seems to become, not just a transvestite or a drag queen, but an honest-to-God w... read moreoman. Murphy persuades the viewer in the same way he does those he meets. "Kitten" believes in his own womanhood and shows it so gracefully, so effortlessly, that after a while one doesn't think to question it.

    Cillian Murphy is by far the best thing in Breakfast on Pluto but he's not the only good thing. Breakfast On Pluto, although full of many dark spots, is a much lighter film than Jordan's The Crying Game, but not necessarily any less artful.
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  • MidnightMadwoman
    January 21, 2009
    MidnightMadwoman
    Cillian Murphy has to be the hottest drag queeen I have ever seen. I find it really endearing that Kitten manages to retain detached levity during and despite all the turmoil and heartache s/he witnesses. That attitude makes the background of IRA warfare much easier to digest. If... read more only every harrowing experience were filtered through Kitten.
  • kiriyamakazou
    November 7, 2008
    kiriyamakazou
    Starting off with Cillian Murphy in drag, the sound of The Rubettes and two CGI Robins sitting down for a chat this Neil Jordan film is lighter than most of his efforts. It shows the fun and frolics one can have even with great political strain taking place. Some may see Patricks... read more flight of fancy as the ultimate escape from reality and may also argue that this is not the best way to deal with the world. Others though will embrace the fantasy and see it as one young mans struggle to be loved. The IRA sub-plots are a bit darker but do give the film a greater sense of time and place. It's also very episodic, but at least this gives chance for some great supporting roles such as Brendan Gleeson as a womble, Stephen Rea as a magician and even Bryan Ferry as a creepy guy with a string. It's funny but certainly not a comedy, nor is it that dramatic. Because of this there is often a clunky and mixed tone but it's generally a feel good film with a lot to offer most notably a stonking soundtrack.
  • CrookedlittleB33
    May 18, 2008
    CrookedlittleB33
    Charming...and really, really underrated.

    Not for everyone though.

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Roger Moore
January 6, 2006
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

The film is downright aggravating. Full Review

Tom Long
January 6, 2006
Tom Long, Detroit News

Breakfast on Pluto may seem a fairy tale at times (no pun intended), but this Kitten has claws. Full Review

Terry Lawson
January 6, 2006
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

Like Kitten and everything else about Breakfast on Pluto, it's altogether too overstated and obvious, but at least it doesn't pretend to have any significance whatsoever. Full Review

Carrie Rickey
January 5, 2006
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

[Jordan] successfully grafts two Irish literary modes, snappy social satire and gloomy dirge.

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
January 1, 2006
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Perhaps too audacious for some and too coy for others, Breakfast on Pluto is one of those mercurial movies where you really have no idea where it'll take you next. Like its star, it's smart, mischievo... Full Review

Ruthe Stein
December 27, 2005
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

... ambitious and endlessly intriguing ... Full Review

Bruce Westbrook
December 27, 2005
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle

If you're in the mood for an edgy, raucous, music-driven gender-bender, rent Hedwig and the Angry Inch instead. Full Review

Michael Booth
December 27, 2005
Michael Booth, Denver Post

Jordan is the kind of director you follow out of trust, even when his movies aren't perfect. Full Review

Liam Lacey
December 27, 2005
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

[T]he performance by Cillian Murphy ... is terrific. Full Review

Wesley Morris
December 24, 2005
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

Breakfast on Pluto ambles along nicely, but feels as if it's never going to end. Full Review

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