5,076 reviews
I have never watched a show that is as consistently genuine and engaging as Breaking Bad. This is undoubtedly one of the greatest shows ever, and it consistently improves as it progresses.
The Journeys of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman are unforgettable. These are some of the best-written characters to ever come from a pen-hitting paper.
My praises for the acting and cinematography are unending. Some of the shots are intricate works of art, and I was rarely distracted by the acting. The performances are excellent to the extent that it feels improper to refer to them as performances.
Overall, Breaking Bad consistently maintains a level of engagement and technical quality seen in only the best of movies, and in terms of tone, every intense moment is executed with excellence and always achieves the impact it reaches for.
I feel like the show's plot in the early seasons lacks a certain level of complexity due to it not having a vast amount of plot threads, and the start is a bit slow-paced, but Breaking Bad is an absolute must-watch. If you have mixed feelings towards Season 1, trust me, it is only uphill from there.
If there was ever a series you could call perfect, I think this might be it.
The Journeys of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman are unforgettable. These are some of the best-written characters to ever come from a pen-hitting paper.
My praises for the acting and cinematography are unending. Some of the shots are intricate works of art, and I was rarely distracted by the acting. The performances are excellent to the extent that it feels improper to refer to them as performances.
Overall, Breaking Bad consistently maintains a level of engagement and technical quality seen in only the best of movies, and in terms of tone, every intense moment is executed with excellence and always achieves the impact it reaches for.
I feel like the show's plot in the early seasons lacks a certain level of complexity due to it not having a vast amount of plot threads, and the start is a bit slow-paced, but Breaking Bad is an absolute must-watch. If you have mixed feelings towards Season 1, trust me, it is only uphill from there.
If there was ever a series you could call perfect, I think this might be it.
- bruhperson
- Mar 6, 2019
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One of the greatest shows ever, the pacing is excellent. The characters are well developed and entertaining. The show ties everything together very neatly. It's honestly a show that get's better each time you view it. It's cathartic to see Walter break bad and how the story unravels is the best way it could have. Very good storytelling, well done to Vince Gilligan.
- KinoKoopaKid
- Jul 29, 2021
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I cannot stress enough how good this show is. I've watched a lot of TV in my life and this show still remains the best show I've ever seen.
- jehuschultz
- Feb 18, 2020
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Breaking Bad is absolutely, without a doubt, one of the greatest tv shows ever created...it's damn near perfect! I know that people say that about a ton of different shows but Breaking Bad really is universally thought of as one of the greatest shows of all-time. All you have to do is go google "greatest tv shows of all-time" and I guarantee you that it's at or near the top of every list you'll find and there's a reason for that...because it is! Every season is just as brilliant as the others, which everyone knows is almost impossible for a show to do but one which Breaking Bad absolutely pulls off!! If you're one of the few people who still haven't seen this amazing show then do yourself a favor and go watch this immediately...you will not be disappointed!
- Supermanfan-13
- Nov 8, 2021
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When you finish the show you'll never be the same..I guarantee you
- manishsingh-03299
- May 30, 2019
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Breaking Bad is every bit as good as everyone says it is. It's easily one of my favorites shows of all-time and one of the best shows in the history of television. Just read through the reviews and look at the 9.5 rating to see how loved this show really is. The writing and acting is what makes this show so special. I love this show so much that I've already watched it all the way through twice already and plan on doing so again sometime in the near future. There's nothing more I can say about this incredible show that hasn't already been said so just go watch it. But plan ahead to give yourself enough time because you're going to want to binge this as quickly as you can. It's addicting once you start!
Direction- PERFECT!!
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Overall-(as I said) ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.
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Overall-(as I said) ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.
- dhanushreddy-14919
- Jul 17, 2021
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'Breaking Bad' is one of the most popular rated shows on IMDb, is one of those rarities where every season has either been very positively received or near-universally acclaimed critically and where all of my friends have said nothing but great things about.
Very few shows in recent memory had me so hooked from the very start that before the week was over the whole show had been watched, especially when for a lot of shows now airing watching one episode all the way through can be an endeavour. 'Breaking Bad' had that effect on me, and its reputation as one of the best, consistently brilliant and most addictive shows in many years (maybe even ever) is more than deserved in my eyes. Its weakest season is perhaps the first season, understandable as any show's first season is the one where things are still settling.
Actually everything is established remarkably from the very start, but once the writing and characterisation becomes even meatier the show reaches even higher levels.
Visually, 'Breaking Bad' is one of those shows that is both stylish and beautiful, with photography and editing that are cinematic quality and put a lot of films today to shame, where there are a lot of visually beautiful ones but also some painfully amateurish looking ones. The music always has the appropriate mood, never too intrusive, never too muted.
The writing for 'Breaking Bad' is a fine example to all shows of how to have a lot of style but also to have a lot of substance. The dialogue throughout is thought-provoking and tense, while also have a darkly wicked sense of humour and heart-tugging pathos. The stories are texturally rich, intimate, tense and layered, with the pace of them consistently deliberate but taut. The direction couldn't be better.
Can't say anything bad about the acting. Bryan Cranston is phenomenal as one of the most fascinating anti-heroes, or even of any kind of character, in either film or television. Aaron Paul has never been better and Anna Gunn is affecting. The characters are compelling in their realism.
Overall, describing it as brilliant doesn't do 'Breaking Bad' justice. 10/10 Bethany Cox
Very few shows in recent memory had me so hooked from the very start that before the week was over the whole show had been watched, especially when for a lot of shows now airing watching one episode all the way through can be an endeavour. 'Breaking Bad' had that effect on me, and its reputation as one of the best, consistently brilliant and most addictive shows in many years (maybe even ever) is more than deserved in my eyes. Its weakest season is perhaps the first season, understandable as any show's first season is the one where things are still settling.
Actually everything is established remarkably from the very start, but once the writing and characterisation becomes even meatier the show reaches even higher levels.
Visually, 'Breaking Bad' is one of those shows that is both stylish and beautiful, with photography and editing that are cinematic quality and put a lot of films today to shame, where there are a lot of visually beautiful ones but also some painfully amateurish looking ones. The music always has the appropriate mood, never too intrusive, never too muted.
The writing for 'Breaking Bad' is a fine example to all shows of how to have a lot of style but also to have a lot of substance. The dialogue throughout is thought-provoking and tense, while also have a darkly wicked sense of humour and heart-tugging pathos. The stories are texturally rich, intimate, tense and layered, with the pace of them consistently deliberate but taut. The direction couldn't be better.
Can't say anything bad about the acting. Bryan Cranston is phenomenal as one of the most fascinating anti-heroes, or even of any kind of character, in either film or television. Aaron Paul has never been better and Anna Gunn is affecting. The characters are compelling in their realism.
Overall, describing it as brilliant doesn't do 'Breaking Bad' justice. 10/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Nov 12, 2017
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I usually don't comment on here but this show is the best I've seen in my life. And I've seen a lot of shows. The setting, character development and the actors... everything is pitch perfect. I'm on my fourth run through this show and I still love it. There's no other show out there I can watch this many times and still be excited. The dynamic between Walter and Jesse is awesome. I will watch this show once a year and I never get bored. Forget about the hyped shows you'll only watch once. This is the one and only you should watch right now If you haven't already. The only show that got me this excited in the last decade was Dark.
Just look at the rating for breaking bad and you'll know what's up. Not many shows can hold up this rating for so long.
Just look at the rating for breaking bad and you'll know what's up. Not many shows can hold up this rating for so long.
Let me start by saying that I am not trying to start a fight or insult anyone, just expressing my own opinion. It's very hard for me to get into new shows as I find them quite repetitive; to me, "Breaking Bad" was no exception.
I don't know or understand how this show got so many 10/10 reviews. I have to agree the writing was good, but after a while I found a lot of it redundant. It was simple- two guys manufacture meth, they need a distributor, the find a distributor,their partnership goes sour with their distributor, they find a way to kill their distributor, rinse, repeat....add in a little moral questioning, some bromance and there you have it- how to write "Breaking Bad."
Personally speaking (again), I found shows like Nip/Tuck (though far more far-fetched)a great deal more interesting and creative than BB.
Again, just my opinion
I don't know or understand how this show got so many 10/10 reviews. I have to agree the writing was good, but after a while I found a lot of it redundant. It was simple- two guys manufacture meth, they need a distributor, the find a distributor,their partnership goes sour with their distributor, they find a way to kill their distributor, rinse, repeat....add in a little moral questioning, some bromance and there you have it- how to write "Breaking Bad."
Personally speaking (again), I found shows like Nip/Tuck (though far more far-fetched)a great deal more interesting and creative than BB.
Again, just my opinion
- xxxen_amixxx
- Feb 2, 2014
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To be honest I liked only the last season. The plot is so obvious. I also don't like the characters, Walter's evolution is incredible but the character is so hateful!! Jesse is so stupid and Skyler is annoyng.
I have never watched any series which depicts emotions so exactly through camera angles, dialogues, screen play, perfect story line other than "Breaking Bad". We all are lucky enough to be born to watch series like this. Teaches us loyalty, family love, pain and many more things.
More than anything this series teaches people to live life the different way and changes people mindset towarss life.
There are scenes which will stay with you forever after this series and it will change the way you watch TV Series and life for that matter.
I don't think I will ever see any series which will be better than this.
Perfection!
More than anything this series teaches people to live life the different way and changes people mindset towarss life.
There are scenes which will stay with you forever after this series and it will change the way you watch TV Series and life for that matter.
I don't think I will ever see any series which will be better than this.
Perfection!
- tushv-31482
- Dec 8, 2022
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If you are among the few who haven't seen it yet: believe the hype, it really is THAT good. Breaking Bad may not depict reality the way 'Generation Kill' or 'The Wire' did - but then it's not about that, either. From an artistic point of view - performances, writing, direction, camera, music - this show is every bit as good as the other two mentioned above, but unlike those, 'Breaking Bad' just wants to entertain and therefore enjoys a lot more creative freedom.
The show plays like the daydream fantasy of any underachieving, struggling middle class family man who's had to bury all his dreams (I mean: who wouldn't want to be a meth-kingpin for a little while?), before it turns into a nightmare. One could almost say that 'Heisenberg' is Walter White's 'Tyler Durden'(for those who don't get the reference: watch 'Fight Club' - you won't regret it).
For pure entertainment value, this is simply the best show I've ever seen. Every single one of the main characters has already reached the status of a screen icon - when does that ever happen?! Most fun I've ever had watching a TV-show and an instant classic.
The show plays like the daydream fantasy of any underachieving, struggling middle class family man who's had to bury all his dreams (I mean: who wouldn't want to be a meth-kingpin for a little while?), before it turns into a nightmare. One could almost say that 'Heisenberg' is Walter White's 'Tyler Durden'(for those who don't get the reference: watch 'Fight Club' - you won't regret it).
For pure entertainment value, this is simply the best show I've ever seen. Every single one of the main characters has already reached the status of a screen icon - when does that ever happen?! Most fun I've ever had watching a TV-show and an instant classic.
- gogoschka-1
- Jan 11, 2014
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Breaking Bad feels like fever dream. A really REALLY good fever dream. The directing is absolutely perfect. The characters bounce off each other in this really well done way. I can really feel the true emotion and pure character coming from each one. I can feel the greed, lust, money hunger animals each of these characters are. There are no true heroes in this story (except hank I love u).
- FishDrowned
- Nov 8, 2021
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Nothing compares. Nothing comes close.
I may currently be on my 20th dose of this show and it's still as addictive and beautiful as the first time.
I may currently be on my 20th dose of this show and it's still as addictive and beautiful as the first time.
- joegalgano
- Aug 11, 2021
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I was waiting to see how GOT ended. It should be the greatest but they failed miserably in the finale season especially the last 3 (mainly the finale) episode.
Writers need to take notes and be more like breaking bad. They had they ending planned out from the begging. They didn't try and build a massive brand or following behind the show and extend their seasons to do so. They stuck with their plan and created the greatest show we may ever see.
Thank you for existing.
Writers need to take notes and be more like breaking bad. They had they ending planned out from the begging. They didn't try and build a massive brand or following behind the show and extend their seasons to do so. They stuck with their plan and created the greatest show we may ever see.
Thank you for existing.
- agatt-87232
- May 19, 2019
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- Leofwine_draca
- May 4, 2021
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- dristysultana
- Jun 23, 2021
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If i say that it was good , but not excellent , every fan will try to kill me , but it's my opinion
- reebokroot
- Feb 14, 2021
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- britaholic
- Oct 13, 2018
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I probably haven't been hooked to a TV show like I am to Breaking Bad before. This beautiful piece of art is incredibly well written and directed, furthermore the actors are doing a tremendous job! I've read a few remarks about the pace of the show, saying it is too slow. I completely disagree, there are so many aspects which get their place in the series, every single one in its own way and it would be horrible if we'd see a too fast paced show containing ridiculous cliffhangers like we see them on the major networks. Because this way you can entirely fall in love with the show, the characters and every tiny detail of the story and the best part of it, it is unbelievably addictive and makes you starve for more week after week!
10/10
Kudos to Mr. Gilligan, kudos to Mr. Cranston and kudos to everyone else who's making a contribution to this show!
10/10
Kudos to Mr. Gilligan, kudos to Mr. Cranston and kudos to everyone else who's making a contribution to this show!