Breakdown: 1975

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Breakdown: 1975
Directed by Morgan Neville
Produced byMorgan Neville
Lauren Belfer
Narrated by Jodie Foster
Edited byAlan Lowe
Jody McVeigh-Schultz
Music by Daniel Wohl
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
  • December 19, 2025 (2025-12-19)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Breakdown: 1975 is a 2025 American documentary film which explores the year 1975 through the lens of arts and culture. It is directed and produced by Morgan Neville. [1] [2]

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Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 77% of 22 critics' reviews are positive. [3] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 49 out of 100, based on six critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [4]

Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Breakdown: 1975 is packed with great clips and peppered with solid observations, but it's truly an odd documentary — one likely to be enticing for viewers with a casual interest in history or filmmaking, but infuriating for anybody craving even intermediate instruction." [1] [ excessive quote ]

References

  1. 1 2 Fienberg, Daniel (December 18, 2025). "'Breakdown: 1975' Review: Morgan Neville's Netflix Doc Offers a Fun, if Unfocused, Glimpse at Hollywood and America in the Mid-1970s". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  2. ↑ Wilkinson, Alissa (December 19, 2025). "'Breakdown: 1975' Remembers the Distinctive Cinematic Voices of an Era". The New York Times . Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Breakdown: 1975". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved January 9, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Breakdown: 1975". Metacritic . Retrieved January 2, 2026.
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