title: Asthma (film)
text: # Asthma (film)
  
  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."
  
  