Breaking And Entering
The building is broken into not once but twice and robbed of all its high-tech equipment; along with a laptop that contains Will’s ‘whole life’. Will, in a vigilante attempt decides to sort out the thief himself.
- Director:
- Anthony Minghella ('Cold Mountain', 'The Talented Mr. Ripley, The English Patient')
- Writer:
- Anthony Minghella
- Cast:
- Jude LawJuliette BinocheRobin Wright PennMartin FreemanRay WinstoneVera FarmigaRafi Gavron
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressThe possible upsides of lying and being burglarized are among the numerous topics held up to the light for close examination in "Breaking and Entering." Anthony Minghella's film is conspicuously thoughtful and civilized as it provides a close-up snapshot of particular aspects of life in London at this moment...
The Guardian
pressMany are the critical lips that have curled at Anthony Minghella's new movie since it opened at the London film festival a few weeks ago. Maybe its various liberal and upper-middle-class milieux make it vulnerable to jeers; I can only say I found it flawed but complex and ambitious, a watchable, good-looking film...
Christchurch Press
pressPartly successful, the film needs less under-playing and a little more connection with the characters. It's an intelligent movie, but despite the potentially dramatic plot points of theft and an illicit love affair, it lacks the power to move...
BBC
pressOnce you get past the implausible prettiness of its toothsome stars, Breaking and Entering is essentially a class-war Romeo and Juliet... It's hard to feel sorry for a man who's bonking Juliette Binoche...
B&E needs B&D
This film does not work. How disappointing for Minguella to come up with a dud when it is his own writing that he is directing, after the glory of the English Patient etc. An attempt at complex multicultural perspectives and zeitgeist, comes across as too simple in the way the story unfolds, with a straight forward plot and little suspense. It has an...
Variety
pressThe possible upsides of lying and being burglarized are among the numerous topics held up to the light for close examination in "Breaking and Entering." Anthony Minghella's film is conspicuously thoughtful and civilized as it provides a close-up snapshot of particular aspects of life in London at this moment...
The Guardian
pressMany are the critical lips that have curled at Anthony Minghella's new movie since it opened at the London film festival a few weeks ago. Maybe its various liberal and upper-middle-class milieux make it vulnerable to jeers; I can only say I found it flawed but complex and ambitious, a watchable, good-looking film...
Christchurch Press
pressPartly successful, the film needs less under-playing and a little more connection with the characters. It's an intelligent movie, but despite the potentially dramatic plot points of theft and an illicit love affair, it lacks the power to move...
BBC
pressOnce you get past the implausible prettiness of its toothsome stars, Breaking and Entering is essentially a class-war Romeo and Juliet... It's hard to feel sorry for a man who's bonking Juliette Binoche...
B&E needs B&D
This film does not work. How disappointing for Minguella to come up with a dud when it is his own writing that he is directing, after the glory of the English Patient etc. An attempt at complex multicultural perspectives and zeitgeist, comes across as too simple in the way the story unfolds, with a straight forward plot and little suspense. It has an...
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