Keep Breathing Review: Reiterating That Despite The Exceptional Performance Of Melissa Barrera

Starring: Melissa Barrera, Jeff Wilbusch, Austin Stowell

Director: Maggie Kiley

Streaming Platform: Netflix

Filmyhype.com Ratings: 2.5/5 (two and half stars) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]

We say it right away, Keep Breathing is not an exceptional series, however, there are several reasons why it deserves to be seen. Netflix has chosen to focus on a new survival series in July, a six-episode miniseries that can be finished even in one evening and that, beyond the “surviving” aspect, really has a lot to say. Keep Breathing manages to deal with different themes, very current and interesting, which lead to deep introspection and an examination of conscience not only for the protagonist of the story but also for the spectators themselves.

Keep Breathing we will talk about the new drama mini-series, available from July 28, 2022, on the streaming platform. The series, consisting of 6 episodes with a duration ranging from 31 to 40 minutes, was created by Martin Gero and Brendan Gall and co-directed by two directors: Maggie Kiley is in command in the first three episodes while Rebecca Rodriguez has made episodes 6.

Keep Breathing Review: The Story

After her flight is canceled due to bad weather, Liv (Melissa Barrera) manages to board a private plane that ends up crashing on the remote Canadian border. No one knows where she is and Liv, the only survivor of the accident and a series of further complications, finds herself surrounded by mountains and forests. The New York lawyer, abandoned with no supplies or survival skills, aside from her infamous determination, must figure out how to get back to civilization. Along the way, Liv transforms a series of flashbacks relating to her past into real catalysts: from her relationship with her fickle mother (Florencia Lozano) to her ailing father (Juan Pablo Espinosa) to her relationship with her boyfriend (Jeff Wilbusch).

Everything leads her to realize that despite the thousand dangers of the fauna and flora that surround her and the scarcity of resources, what is preventing her from reaching her goal is her unsolved psychological problems, due to traumas and situations. difficult. Melissa’s performance is impeccable but, at least initially, the character of Barrera is extremely detached from everything and everyone: even when her traveling companions die, the woman does not show any emotion. This certainly does not help the viewer to feel empathy for his position but during the flashbacks of the following episodes, we discover the reason for his evident emotional block: from the abandonment of his mother to the addiction to work and the distances imposed on her boyfriend up to doubts relating to motherhood.

Keep Breathing Review and Analysis

As for the initial survival after the plane crash, it seemed to make a little sense. When the heroine tries to start a fire but can’t do it by spinning wood or splattering the blood with a crowbar is enough to think that, yes, the story should try to present a more realistic approach. But no, after all, the story was filled with unreasonable, unreasonable actions, not even normal people do. For example, the scene where the heroine made a fire and had to boil water to drink to be clean. But the heroine put her hand to touch the container of boiling water and just realized that she couldn’t catch it. Here’s a confused one. But the story still makes the heroine do stupid things.

Like putting out the water that tries to build it up to wait for the cold water to be scooped up and eat it, even with wet clothes, clothes, or anything else that can be caught without touching your hands, the whole scene is full. or diving into an airplane radio in hopes that it will work. The whole story is full of unreasonable actions that are too much for normal people. The protagonist, who is a lawyer, is also said to be a very smart person. What is the most controversial? Until I didn’t understand how the writer of this script came out. Wasn’t there even a Bear Grylls documentary or a book on survival in the woods when the script was written? (What’s better than this Scout class?) Because the whole story doesn’t make sense. And there are quite a few obstacles to survive until it’s like the heroine is stranded in the forest next to her house rather than surviving in the deep Canadian forest. It’s like taking a few photos at the side of the river, that’s all.

But what’s worse than the unwarranted survival scene is that the story is trying to flashback all over the place. in the life of the heroine with almost nothing to do with survival in this forest making the story seem protracted for no reason. Despite trying to lay down that the heroine accidentally got pregnant, she had to try to survive. But the flashback doesn’t promote anything here. There is only the story of the protagonist having someone to flirt with. Sometimes he drives him away for no reason. Turns out these flashback scenes are very annoying stuffing. Let the audience who intends to come and see the survival scene. but only finds the story of the heroine’s life a lot The size that hit the proportion would probably be about 70/30 because the survival scene is very little.

After wowing everyone with her talent in Vida and following her incredible performance in Dreaming in New York – In the Heights, this Netflix series proves that Barrera is confidently capable of holding up a show by carrying all the weight on her shoulders. That said, her character’s life story turns out to be boring and flat when compared to the action scenes that take place in the forest. The latter, on the other hand, make you smile from what they are unlikely, between miraculously healed wounds, grueling super-man walks, bears, and miraculous compasses.

The flashbacks provide a backstory for her character but aren’t compelling or dramatic enough to impact the viewer. He continually expects a turning point that never comes and these scenes end up becoming redundant and deeply boring, although the food for thought, at times, is interesting. The six episodes show up quickly, even in a single session, and they’re not that bad after all… as long as the viewer doesn’t have high expectations and can see beyond the predictability of the plot.

Keep Breathing Review: The Last Words

We conclude our Keep Breathing review by reiterating that despite the exceptional performance of Melissa Barrera, the Netflix mini-series is full of defects and can be unlikely and boring even for lovers of the genre. The scenery circulates in a few places until it looks fake. The bad thing is that the whole story only flashbacks the life of a drama heroine. Let’s go with general things that don’t help promote survival events in the forest at all. It’s forcing people to see something that they don’t want at all. And worst of all, the ending is extremely illogical.