You usually have to go through ten or so mediocre films before you find a great film. If you are on number 6 or so, let me recommend seeing "Breaking Away" to break up the tedium sooner.
The main reason for the success of this classic is the original screenplay by Steve Tesich. This is true of most great films. Without a well-written screenplay, no brilliance in directing, acting, or special effects can rescue a motion picture. Tesich won best original screenplay Oscar for this 1979 film.
There are other reviewers who have gone through the pains of describing the story and you can read their fine reviews for that. Personally I feel the film tells its own story quite well. I mainly like to give impressions and facts I know about a movie that do not directly describe the plot.
The theme (the most important of the seven elements of drama) of "Breaking Away" is that you should take pride in who you are, no matter how humble your circumstances may be. The real victory is in being oneself. Appearances eventually get you into trouble and make you rather unhappy in the process. Yet, of course, if the characters in this fine film had learned this useful virtue too soon we would not be delighted by what develops in the movie. We love our film characters to be less than perfect, or else we could not identify with them. The screenwriter does a superb job in keeping us engrossed and entertained throughout his rather human tale.
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