A down in dumps suicidal owner of a used car lot Hoover( Bruce Willis ) comes across a quirky writer( Finney) and things get out of hand. Not sure if there is a defined plot or reason for the characters doing what they are doing.The movie goes on to make little to no sense that is extremely hard to follow. None of us knew what is truly happening and it was very badly written. Omar Epps, Vicki Lewis, Will Patton, Owen Wilson and Nick Nolte round out this cast and they probably wish they hadn't. I'm a huge Bruce Willis fan but it's hard to be kind about this movie, it's awful. Nothing enjoyable at all, not even a stupid funny moment. So to recap, don't waste a second of your time on this film. You're welcome

Yes,"Breakfast Of Champions" is a brilliant original literary work by Kurt Vonnegut.No,the film adaptation does not do justice to the multi-layered masterpiece.Sure,maybe Robert Altman,Terry Gilliam,or David Lynch might have made better versions of it than Alan Rudolph.But a 4.1?When derivative pieces like "Disturbia",or mindless action films(I could name 50)are scoring 6's and 7's on IMDb,something is seriously out of whack.The performances alone in Breakfast are worth the price of admission,and it's got some quirky,twisted little comic moments in it.Maybe it didn't quite capture the profundity of the book like Slaughterhouse Five did,but c'mon,let's get real here.I think that maybe hardcore cult film afficianados thought it was too commercial(or something?),and the general audience out there didn't really give a rat's ass either way,so I guess that explains the 4.1.I'm giving it a well-deserved 6.Thanks.

I am a big Bruce Willis fan and have been since the days of Moonlighting and his early films like Blind Date or The Return of Bruno (I even have the soundtrack album performed by Bruce Willis) and normally enjoy everything he's in, including the video game Apocalypse, his voice over work is even admirable, but this is most certainly and exception to the rule. I also happen to be an avid reader of Kurt Vonnegut, from Slaughter House Five to Cat's Cradle, to Slapstick, to Player Piano, to Thank You Mr. Rosewater, Welcome to the Monkey House, Deadeye Dick, Mother Night, Timequake, Thank You Dr. Kevorkian... the list goes on and on and on. This one happens to be one of my favorite stories of all time, but once again this movie falls short in nearly every category. There was a total lack of continuity and in fact,if I hadn't read the book I'm not so sure I would have even been sure of what was really going on in this movie. In short: read Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut, don't watch it!

Great movie... No surprise I guess that I'm a big fan of Vonnegut... A writer with the guts to write in an unashamedly cartoon-like, un-politically correct and honest manner, which I personally dig. The take on Harry LeSabre's cross dressing tendencies (the scene with Wayne Hoobler in Harry's office is priceless), Dwayne Hoover's erratic mood swings and the need for Bunny Hoover and his mum to actually be noticed by the main man of the Exit 11 Motor Village were all acted out with tasty character acting skill and delivered with true gusto and appreciation for the material and it's source. Also, the portrayal of the 'cult' of Kilgore Trout (check out the awesome landscape cinematography behind Kilgore's Sci-Fi ramblings), it's followers and all the other reoccurring characters in Vonneguts's Novels, not to mention those hauntingly surreal mirror sequences in the most unlikely of places were simply beautiful...I first saw this movie in the Phillipines with a packed house. I don't know whether whether I was laughing harder at the movie or more at the disgust of the people watching it... I think they saw the R Rating and Bruce Willis's name and figured they were in for some good old Bruce Willis knock em' dead action with a bit of Hollywood sex mixed in for good measure... However by the time Dwayne Hoover was engaged somewhat romantically with his Secretary in the Holiday Inn honeymoon suite the entire theater was empty save for myself and one man who hadn't yet finished his bucket of fried chicken... I guess some people just don't appreciate the combination of middle-aged water bed sex and unruly comb-overs?? This movie wasn't made for everybody, but so what... I think it had to be made this way... It's a testament to a somewhat bizarre, original and funny writer... Personally I really can't fault it... The acting, direction and soundtrack are wonderful... I'd never been so moved by such a corny old song as 'Stranger in Paradise' before I'd seen this film. As they they, it's all in the delivery... As a music producer and part-time sound-tracker I look up to these sort of works with awe... It's about time we stop worshiping actors to the nth degree and start celebrating storytellers once more...Well done Alan Rudolph and Co. Well done world... Makes me happy to be a part of it... And remember, it's all life until you die ;))