Asthma is a 2014 American romantic drama film written and directed by Jake Hoffman and starring Benedict Samuel and Krysten Ritter. It is Hoffman's directorial debut.
Premise Gus is a young rock and roller who steals a white Rolls-Royce and invites a beautiful tattoo artist named Ruby on a joyride out of the city where they smoke and talk about life.
Cast Benedict Samuel as Gus Krysten Ritter as Ruby Nick Nolte as Werewolf (voice) Rosanna Arquette as Gus' mother Goran Višnjić as Ragen Dov Tiefenbach as Logan Backer Iggy Pop as local drunk Rene Ricard as Juan Joey Kern as Bottle Cap Gillian Zinser as Kara Carlen Altman as Bree Annabelle Dexter-Jones as Lilly Chelsea Schuchman as Nicole Jerry Zucker as Gus' father
Reception Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 10%, based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 41 out of 100, based on 6 reviews.
Tom Keogh of The Seattle Times wrote that the film "loses its spark and momentum long before the halfway point — a genuine disappointment."
Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "suffers from near-lethal doses of self-satisfied hipness."
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