Jude Law,
Juliette Binoche,
Robin Wright,
Martin Freeman,
Ray Winstone
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A petty thief is the link between a well-to-do businessman and a single mother struggling to get by in his edgy, emotional drama. Will Francis (Jude Law) is a successful landscape architect who runs a... read more
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Release Date: February 16, 2007
DVD Release Date: May 8, 2007
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August 13, 2011Minghella has to do with a very undefined and illogical screenplay that makes it all feel distant and the director still manages to bring to the screen some very nice and emotional moments. This is not a disaster, but surely could have been without Minghella's sensitive touch and... read more
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September 2, 2010There was just too much going on to know what was the REAL story being told. The build up is way too slow because where the movie ends, to me, is where the story really had potential. To me the "thief" is the story, but it is lost with all the unnecessary scenes in bathtubs! Do... read more
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January 7, 2010An extremely good cast and acting performances, but the script was just a little odd at times and had unnecessary characters. The angsty teenage son of Juliette Binoche was just annoying. I did think it could have been a really great movie if certain aspects were changed.
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October 23, 2008A typical British TV drama with an ultimately pointless story, but pleasant enough to watch. The London settings and brief bits of parkour add interest.
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June 14, 2008The most dramatic thing is the movie title. Poor storyline. Weird people. Bad accents. An hour in and still nothing has happened. Waste of time. Avoid!
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June 8, 2008Entertaining and different, a love triangle with unusual circumstances. An easy laid back watch.
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June 1, 2008This is the third Anthony Minghella film I ever watched after English Patient and Cold Mountain and the score still same... It just an ordinary story, nothing exceptional or great about this movie... The cast didn't show their best... Jude Law, Robin Wright, and Juliette Binoche,... read more
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May 29, 2008There are a lot of sub story lines in this movie - Liv's daughter, the hooker at King's Crossing, immigrant crime, what is urban environmental architecture, depression, cheating, etc. -- the story goes around in circles a bit. I don't understand Jude Law's character (Will).
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December 1, 2007A bittersweet story about an architect would should be happy...but somehow isn't. Once his building gets broken into he spends less and less time at home and more time obsessing over the fact of who this thief is and how they got in.
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October 31, 2007This arresting and secret affair film directed by Anthony Minghella is a fascinating and complex story with impressive cast.
Critic Reviews
March 18, 2008
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
August 22, 2007
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Though Binoche does very solid work, she can't sell the idea of her and Law as a couple; the chemistry isn't there. Not much else rings true in Minghella's screenplay, which is full of coincidences an... Full Review
March 2, 2007
Michael Booth, Denver Post
Despite its arty construction and clever dialogue, Breaking and Entering leaves us too chilly to care. Full Review
March 2, 2007
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Breaking and Entering offers a kinder, gentler version of London's strife than we're accustomed to seeing. Not all parts of the script are equally well-developed, and sometimes it seems as if we're lo...
March 1, 2007
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
As with all of Minghella's films, there's intelligence and texture and depth and feeling, though here the emotions can seem frostbitten. Perhaps the first thing that wasn't working and needed to be fu... Full Review
February 16, 2007
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Maybe Jude Law should take some time off from acting. Maybe Juliette Binoche should get a new dialect coach. Maybe Anthony Minghella should try writing a movie ending that doesn't make everybody groan. Full Review
February 16, 2007
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
For all its Bergmanesque agonizing, the film never digs too far under the surface. It fails to break and enter. Full Review
February 16, 2007
Tom Long, Detroit News
A sharp study in contrasts built on sturdy performances, Breaking and Entering manages to tackle immigration, youthful rebellion, family dynamics and, yes, love. The title doesn't merely refer to buil... Full Review
February 16, 2007
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Breaking and Entering, not unlike a pair of other English dramas of recent vintage (Notes on a Scandal and The Queen), provides further proof that so-called serious filmmaking can be equally entertain... Full Review
February 15, 2007
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
With its overwritten, every-hair-in-place script, Breaking and Entering robs itself of reality. Full Review
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