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Every day, rising Santa Fe District Attorney Paul Stanton and his wife, Diane, wait for word that there's a donor for their daughter, Chloe. Diagnosed with a rare degenerative condition, Chloe is on a... read more read more... long list to receive a double lung transplant. As her health worsens, Paul becomes desperate to save his young child...so desperate that he'll risk everything to organize an operation. When Paul learns of a Dr. Novarro who performs transplants in Juarez, Mexico, he heads south in a frantic search for the only man who may be able to save Chloe. But after arriving, he realizes Dr. Novarro's medical ring runs deep into a criminal underworld where his patients aren't donors - they're victims. With his career, his family and his life on the line, Paul finds himself at a critical crossroads: expose a massive, illegal harvesting operation and save the lives of hundreds of children, or save the life of his daughter. -- (C) IFC Films

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R, 1 hr. 23 min.

Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur

Release Date: October 22, 2010

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DVD Release Date: January 25, 2011

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  • August 8, 2011
    A lesson in morality here. Even I was torn between right and wrong at the end of this...and I consider myself a rather good, moral person. Well done. Great acting by all. Dermot Mulroney was fantastic.
  • June 5, 2011
    A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.

    Great Film! Acting was really good from everyone and the story is just gut wrenching and even though it's been done before but never from this perspective/angle. This movie might be short on run time bu... read moret it illustrates this sort of organ trafficking very well as it would have been longer. Easy to the eyes and compelling yet informative.This is the type of film that 10 years ago would have owned the box office but today, they're a gamble. Unless you stick a product name like Russel Crowe or Tom Cruise in it, it's hard to say which way it will go. It also reminds me of how the grading curve has changed due to the collage of genres we know get in a single film which is probably one of many reasons films are now so often struggling at the box office. Wicked ending!

    In the thriller drama Inhale, up and coming District Attorney Paul Stanton (Dermot Mulroney) is a family man who has built a solid reputation for defending the law. Now in the middle of prosecuting a high-profile sex offender case, he tries to remain focused although he has serious problems of his own.

    Paul and his wife Diane (Diane Kruger) have one daughter, Chloe (Mia Stallard), who has been diagnosed with a rare degenerative disease. She needs a double lung transplant, but there are many patients ahead of her on the waiting list for donors.

    But when news arrives that Chloes condition has worsened, Dr. Rubin (Rosanna Arquette), tells them that it is beyond their ability to save Chloe's life, but she also tells them that if they have money, there is another way for them to find a lung donor.

    Stunned with the possibility of having to break the law to save their daughter's life, Paul, contacts his friend James Harrison (Sam Shepard) for advice. Harrison tells him that he has information about a mysterious Dr. Navarro (Vincent Perez) who performs transplants in Tijuana, Mexico, but warns him that pursuing this course could cost him everything; his reputation, career and possibly even his life as well as the life of his daughter.

    Confused and frantic, Paul and Diane decide to take the risk to find this doctor if there is a chance they can save Chloes life. Their journey takes them across the border to Mexico and into the dangerous territory of the underworld. Paul's search brings him face to face with the corrupt police officer Aguilar (Jordi Mollá) and the discovery that Dr. Navarro is connected to an illegal organ harvesting operation where the donors are in reality victims. Paul finds himself caught in a desperate situation of choosing between saving the life of his daughter or exposing the criminal activity that could save the lives of hundreds of children.
  • September 22, 2010
    A interesting movie with a good performance from the ever underrated Dermot Mulroney. The movie runs along at a steady pace and as a powerful story to tell.
    In the end it leave you with the question of would you do the same for a love one or your children. It was this that mad th... read moree impact for me and stayed with me for a while..
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    Diane Kruger was great but not use enough!!
  • May 13, 2012
    A competently made action thriller. Its main problem is that the story is far-fetched and not a bit plausible, and tends to go over the top. Had the emphasis been made on the story rather than the action aspect, it would have been a much better movie. As it is, it's an entertaini... read moreng but forgettable action flick.
  • April 29, 2012
    intense and powerful drama about a family looking 4 lungs 4 their daughter and 'organ tourism' in a 'babel'-like style
  • April 4, 2012
    I did not see this ending coming. The cast was great in this and made it worth the time to watch this sad story.
  • July 25, 2011
    When all other legal routes are exhausted, a desperate Father(Dermot Mulroney) delves into a dangerous underworld of Illegal Organ Transplants that are acquired by murder in order to save his daughter.He watches as a Young Boy is run down by a Motor Cycle & then he realizes that ... read morethe child is being murdered to give lungs to his Daughter ,& he makes & impossible choice. This is a Movie about how some people will sacrifice everything, including ones Morals & Soul, to save their offspring & it isn't a pretty Road Less Traveled.
  • March 29, 2011
    The film kicks off with a bang and you dont know what to expect. it ends up being very much like a combination between extraordinary measures and taken. the film was quite realistic with authentic setting and actors that played the roles perfectly. storyline is quite sad and touc... read morehing but at the same time becomes a little bit facked up. all in all, it sure gives mexico a bad reputation. are the events based off real occurances or is it all made up?

Critic Reviews


Joe Neumaier
November 9, 2010
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

The film soon traffics in "Babel"-style cultural crises and melodrama. Still, as a tale of parental desperation and the cost of conscience, "Inhale" comes from a thought-provoking place. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
October 22, 2010
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

Milks the very real problem of "organ tourism" for all the melodrama and car chases it's worth. Full Review

Stephen Holden
October 21, 2010
Stephen Holden, New York Times

Filmed in a semi-documentary style, it fitfully aspires to moral seriousness. Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
October 21, 2010
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

All of the beatings, betrayals and bitter ironies leave a bad taste in your head. Full Review

Gary Goldstein
October 21, 2010
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

It takes a while to get there, but Inhale eventually emerges as a tense and morally complex thriller with a devastating twist. Full Review

Eric Hynes
October 21, 2010
Eric Hynes, Village Voice

Ripped from the headlines and sensationalized for your would-be pleasure, Inhale uses the appalling phenomenon of illegal organ trafficking as the basis for an almost-as-appalling hyperventilated thri... Full Review

Kirk Honeycutt
October 21, 2010
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

The final act hits like a gut-punch. Full Review

Rex Reed
October 20, 2010
Rex Reed, New York Observer

You will go away with your heart full and your eyes wide open. Full Review

Ronnie Scheib
October 7, 2010
Ronnie Scheib, Variety

Walter Doty III and John Clafin's hackneyed script depicts Mexico as one vast, interconnected conspiracy engaged in the underground organ trade, whose highest-ranked traffickers are -- gasp! -- Americ... Full Review

David Nusair
January 25, 2011
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

...an inherently compelling premise... Full Review

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