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The atmospheric and erotically charged Breaking and Entering reunites director Anthony Minghella with Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain) and the haunting Juliette Binoche (The English Patient, for which she and Minghella won Academy Awards). Law fully invests himself as pre-occupied landscape architect Will Francis, who with his partner (Martin Freeman from The Office), is heading a gentrification project in London's seedy, crime-plagued King's Cross neighborhood. At home, he and Liv (Robin Penn Wright), his morose Swedish-American girlfriend of 10 years, are increasingly estranged over the demands of his job and of caring for Liv's autistic daughter, a 13-year-old aspiring gymnast. Will, hiding his identity, begins an affair with Amira (Binoche), the mother of a youth who has twice ransacked Will's office. Amira is a Bosnian refugee with a fierce survival streak that is not above blackmail when she learns who Will is.
This is Minghella's first original screenplay since his little-known romantic gem Truly Madly Deeply. The dialogue has Woody Allen pretensions: A cleaning woman who comes under suspicion for the break-ins invokes Kafka. A prostitute (Vera Farmiga giving the film's liveliest performance) has a philosophical bent. Will himself ham-handedly explains how he much prefers metaphors to straightforward communication (he'd love this film's title). An art-house film with an A-list cast and wrenching performances, Breaking and Entering couldn't get arrested in theatres, but it is a fine addition to Crash and other liberal-minded "them and us" dramas. --Donald Liebenson
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
It took me a while to watch this movie after reading some negative reviews , but I was greatly surprised by this beautiful piece of work by Anthony Minghella .It tells the story of Will ( Jude Law ) an architect and Amira ( Juliette Binoche ) an Bosnian refugee in North London and touches on several subjects like relationships and immigration
The film starts with a break in and the story becomes interesting from the beginning, the pace is good , the story is simple but beautifully put together , perhaps the best thing about this movie is the way AA wraps the whole thing in the end.
It is filmed around Charing Cross and North London and for some reason the director choose not to have panoramic shots of the area and concentrate on the characters.
The secondary plots are also interesting and there several famous faces ( Martin Freeman , Ray Winstone , Rad Lazar ) in supporting roles
There are not many extras on the DVD but the directors commentary is particularly interesting.
The film starts with a break in and the story becomes interesting from the beginning, the pace is good , the story is simple but beautifully put together , perhaps the best thing about this movie is the way AA wraps the whole thing in the end.
It is filmed around Charing Cross and North London and for some reason the director choose not to have panoramic shots of the area and concentrate on the characters.
The secondary plots are also interesting and there several famous faces ( Martin Freeman , Ray Winstone , Rad Lazar ) in supporting roles
There are not many extras on the DVD but the directors commentary is particularly interesting.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Perhaps expectations of this film have been too high. I'm reviewing it mainly to redress the balance. There aren't that many decently made watchable films set in London that a good piece of work like this should be missed. It reminds me of Sunday Bloody Sunday, a story based on domesticity and the understanding and misunderstandings between a small group of interesting and likeable people, pretty well acted. Binoche is excellent, no-one is less than believable. The plot is maybe - but that's cinema. If you like a quiet well made and well shot film don't miss it.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
It is refreshing to watch a British film set in London that isn't all about East End gangsters.
7 Feb 2008
Format:DVD
It is refreshing to watch a British film set in London that isn't all about East End gangsters. In a film with predominantly female characters, Jude Law's character needed to have a bit more commanding masculinity about him for balance, however, Jude played the character of Will in his typical manner of playing the sensitive male in touch with his feminine side. Not a bad film though.
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Snapshot of Contemporary North London, circa 2006
I've always enjoyed this modest, penultimate work from Isle of White director, Anthony Minghella. He made The No. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Tim Kidner
Undiscovered little gem
Though I consider myself to be something of a cineaste, I can't be quite as much of a one as I thought, because until I came across this film in a charity shop I'd never heard of... Read more
Published 28 days ago by J. Rottweiller Swinburne
Stay away from this rubbish
I think the people who write reviews on here for movies are normally spot on but I've no idea how some have given this 5 star. Read more
Published 2 months ago by thematrixchamber
Snooze fest of note
Considering the amount of raw (and not so raw ) talent on display I found it difficult to concentrate on this movie for more than 15 minutes. It is slow, very slow, almost glacial. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Soapy Tyler
Runs the full gamut of emotion from A to B
This is dire one.
Jude Law ? don't talk to me about Jude Law.....there isn't a paper bag thin enough for him to act his way out of.
Jude Law ? don't talk to me about Jude Law.....there isn't a paper bag thin enough for him to act his way out of.
Published 22 months ago by Woody
Great cast...
...great characters, nice london locations - beautifully shot - and a wonderful anthony minghella script
Published on 23 May 2010 by MJ
Great film
Fabulous film staring Jude Law in a great role. This is a deep story and very meaningful movie, which I enjoyed. Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2009 by Gabrielle Stranraer
Looks good, but doesn't deliver
This film begins intriguingly enough and seems to be building tension, and although Jude Law and Juliette Binoche are very attractive to look enough, there is a curious flatness to... Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2009 by Barbara R. Anderson
Even Ray Winstone couldn't save this one..........
I rented this on the premise that Ray Winstone doesn't appear in too many poor films &, lo & behold, this proves to be one of the exceptions to that rule. Read more
Published on 3 July 2008 by Sizzle
Watch it to see what it could have been
For seven years I lived in Paddington, and I worked with the regeneration people, so when I realised that this film was all about redeveloping a seedy neighbourhood, I was hooked. Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2008 by William Cohen
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