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Breaking And Entering Reviews

2006 Certificate 15
  • 60
  • from 12,565 members

A Landscape Architect's dealings with a young thief cause him to re-evaluate his life. Read more

Starring Ray Winstone, Jude Law, Rafi Gavron, Juliette Binoche
Director Anthony Minghella
Genres Audio Descriptive, Drama

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  • Critics' reviews (4) of Breaking And Entering

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  • Ray Winstone is sharp as razor blades playing the investigative detective. Vera Farmiga...provides funny and lively off-colour commentary...

    • Box Office
  • This London melodrama certainly gives the auteur theory a concrete overcoat. As shots of Lewis Cubitts famed... read more on Time Out

    • Wally Hammond, 
    • Time Out
  • It's Binoche who startles with a raw portrayal bristling with anger and a festering sense of injustice

    • Total Film
  • Most helpful members' reviews (3) of Breaking And Entering

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  • 88 out of 95 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4.0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    The Law's A Sexy Ass

    Strangely compelling viewing, if you are a north Londoner, or a Jude Law fan, or have had your small office burgled. I fall into all three camps.

    ... more

    • wreeve
      • wreeve from London NW3
  • 42 out of 68 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    faking and entering

    This is not actually a bad film. The problem with it is just that there's an unmistakeable whiff of implausibility about the whole thing. Jude Law is a ... more

      • BH101 from Cambridge
  • 29 out of 38 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1.0 star [Highly rated reviewer]

    This was criminal

    You can usually tell within the first 15 minutes whether a film is worth the time or not; being a Jude Law fan and a big Ray Winston fan I persevered with this ... more

      • BigDev from Oldham
  • Most recent members' reviews (2) of Breaking And Entering

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 4.0 stars

    breaking and entering

    enjoyable and thought provoking. an interesting story with great cast and nice to see eye candy jude law in something more weighty than some of his previous no ... more

      • A customer from Brighton
  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    Good entertainment!

    Art house meets romantic drama - a movie that is more drama than light entertainment. Great actors but a story line that is a bit disjointed. However it is a ... more

      • A customer from Bristol
  • 88 out of 95 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4.0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    The Law's A Sexy Ass

    Strangely compelling viewing, if you are a north Londoner, or a Jude Law fan, or have had your small office burgled. I fall into all three camps.

    ... more

    • wreeve
      • wreeve from London NW3
  • 42 out of 68 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    faking and entering

    This is not actually a bad film. The problem with it is just that there's an unmistakeable whiff of implausibility about the whole thing. Jude Law is a ... more

      • BH101 from Cambridge
  • 29 out of 38 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1.0 star [Highly rated reviewer]

    This was criminal

    You can usually tell within the first 15 minutes whether a film is worth the time or not; being a Jude Law fan and a big Ray Winston fan I persevered with this ... more

      • BigDev from Oldham
  • 10 out of 10 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4.0 stars

    UK film for grown ups.

    This film felt European rather than English. London is portrayed as a beautfiful vital city rather than a backdrop to some latest misguided 'cool' ... more

      • A customer from Bristol
  • 8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1.0 star

    Your havin' a giraffe!

    A waste of time! Jude Law was his usual wooden self and playing the - self centred git but hey look at all these tempting things what's a guy to do - role... more

      • A customer from brighton
  • 6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4.0 stars

    Subtle

    I want to avoid raving about this film as there will be plenty who disagree. However, the cast were excellent. Jude Law's charisma is quite an obvious ... more

      • owl1974 from Bishop Auckland
  • 6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4.0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Strangely...enjoyable

    This rental was orignally a mistake, had been on my list for a while then got sent. Oh no, might aswell watch it....enjoyable film ensue'

    Ok ... more

  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0.0 stars

    Dire

    This is a dire movie. A total indulgence from all concerned. Cliche ridden, pretentious and above all boring. Unforgivable really............ really ... more

  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4.0 stars

    Underrated

    Would be easy to miss this one because of poor sales and average reviews at the time, and equally easy to dismiss because of some major weaknesses (the '... more

      • Smiff from Sheffield
  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2.0 stars

    Rubbish !

    If you want a modern-day film about adultery staring Jude Law and an actress who looks like Julia Roberts ... rent the one with Julia Roberts and Natalie ... more

      • A customer from Preston
  • Critics' reviews (4)

  • Ray Winstone is sharp as razor blades playing the investigative detective. Vera Farmiga...provides funny and lively off-colour commentary...

    • Box Office
  • This London melodrama certainly gives the auteur theory a concrete overcoat. As shots of Lewis Cubitts famed... read more on Time Out

    • Wally Hammond, 
    • Time Out
  • It's Binoche who startles with a raw portrayal bristling with anger and a festering sense of injustice

    • Total Film
  • There are moments of lovely, painful intimacy between [the characters]...

    • New York Times
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