Breakdown: 1975
| Breakdown: 1975 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Morgan Neville |
| Produced by | Morgan Neville Lauren Belfer |
| Narrated by | Jodie Foster |
| Edited by | Alan Lowe Jody McVeigh-Schultz |
| Music by | Daniel Wohl |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Breakdown: 1975 is a 2025 documentary film exploring the year 1975 through the lens of American arts and culture, directed and produced by Morgan Neville.[1][2]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 77% of 22 critics' reviews are positive.[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 49 out of 100, based on six critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[4]
Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Breakdown: 1975 is packed with great clips and peppered with solid observations, but it's truly an odd documentary — one likely to be enticing for viewers with a casual interest in history or filmmaking, but infuriating for anybody craving even intermediate instruction."[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Fienberg, Daniel (December 18, 2025). "'Breakdown: 1975' Review: Morgan Neville's Netflix Doc Offers a Fun, if Unfocused, Glimpse at Hollywood and America in the Mid-1970s". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
- ^ Wilkinson, Alissa (December 19, 2025). "'Breakdown: 1975' Remembers the Distinctive Cinematic Voices of an Era". The New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
- ^ "Breakdown: 1975". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
- ^ "Breakdown: 1975". Metacritic. Retrieved January 2, 2026.