Breaking In reviews (1988)

Breaking In

1988

Overall rating: 3 out of 5

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Crime comedy caper directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Burt Reynolds as Ernie, an ageing professional burglar who takes on a young apprentice, Mike (Casey Siemaszko). It soon becomes clear to Ernie that Mike's approach to living a life of crime is very different to his own: while Ernie plays it safe and sticks firmly to the rules he has set himself over a lifetime's experience, Mike - though undeniably skillful and extremely bold - is both reckless and impulsive. But can this unlikely pair overcome their differences and work together to pull off biggest heist they've ever done?

Breaking In details

Format:	15 DVD
Starring:	Casey Siemaszko, Albert Salmi, Lorraine Toussaint, Harry Carey Jr., Burt Reynolds, Sheila Kelley
Director:	Bill Forsyth
Genres:	Action/Adventure, Comedy
Studio:	MGM ENTERTAINMENT

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Breaking In	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 30 minutes
Rental release:	24 Jan 2005
Main languages:	English

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Gentle movie---Reynolds terrific!

By George Hughes from Clackmannanshire, Scotland. , 19 Aug 2005

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Enjoyable, quirky comedy concerning ageing criminal[Burt Reynolds] becoming mentor to novice[Casey Siemaszko] and teaching him about life as well as his 'career'.

Good script by John Sayles and nicely directed by Bill Forsyth.Burt Reynolds excels in one of his best roles and is well supported by character players Albert Salmi and Harry Carey Jr.Maury Chakin, who came into his own on t.v. in 2001 as Nero Wolfe, also shines.
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Burt coasts along

By Cato (705 reviews) from Lydbury North , 01 Mar 2007

Burt Reynolds coasts through this watchable effort, in which he has to play an older man and so affects a limp to show that his knees are wearing out. The pace is leisurely as he shows a younger man how to thieve from a number of properties in thie unnamed city in which the film is set. It'a a sort of morality play for, as Burt stresses to his accomplice, 'possessions weigh you down' as Casey Siemaszko slides to his inexorable fate.
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Gentle movie---Reynolds terrific!

By George Hughes from Clackmannanshire, Scotland. , 19 Aug 2005

Enjoyable, quirky comedy concerning ageing criminal[Burt Reynolds] becoming mentor to novice[Casey Siemaszko] and teaching him about life as well as his 'career'.

Good script by John Sayles and nicely directed by Bill Forsyth.Burt Reynolds excels in one of his best roles and is well supported by character players Albert Salmi and Harry Carey Jr.Maury Chakin, who came into his own on t.v. in 2001 as Nero Wolfe, also shines.
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