Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- harrowing
- emotionally urgent
- intense movie night
- medical thriller marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the premise emotionally potent but undermined by contrived plotting and conventional execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Paul and Diane Stanton pursue a lung donor for their daughter Chloe despite legal and moral consequences.
The search for a donor extends into Mexico, where the couple encounters assault, money, and criminal intermediaries.
The daughter’s urgently needed lungs function as the concrete objective around which every major decision turns.
The Stantons’ search exposes the financial and ethical pressures surrounding organ transplantation.
Films like Inhale, and why
John Q
shared desperate family stakes, medical crisis, and morally pressured thriller structure
Seven Pounds
shared transplantation plot, ethical dilemmas, and emotionally intense medical drama
Traffic
shared cross-border crime thriller tension, family desperation, and heightened action
Movie Details
- Director
- Baltasar Kormákur
- Release Date
- 2010-08-27
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (133)
Cast
- Dermot Mulroney
- Diane Kruger
- Sam Shepard
- Rosanna Arquette
- Mia Stallard
- Jordi Mollà
- Vincent Perez
- Walter Perez
- David Selby
- Kisha Sierra
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo
- Buy
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Inhale about?
- When their daughter needs a lung transplant, two parents cross legal and national boundaries in a desperate race to find a donor.
- What is Inhale like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Inhale as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Inhale violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Inhale as moderate.
- What did critics think of Inhale?
- Critics generally found the premise emotionally potent but undermined by contrived plotting and conventional execution.
- Which films are like Inhale?
- Films with a similar feel include John Q, Seven Pounds, and Traffic.
- How long is Inhale?
- Inhale runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch Inhale?
- In United States, Inhale streams on Philo.
