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BREAKING
AND ENTERING may lack the quality and scope of Anthony
Minghella's previous work such as THE ENGLISH PATIENT and COLD
MOUNTAIN, but it's an interesting, character-driven drama.
Jude Law (CLOSER) plays Will, a landscape architect who
succeeds in business but finds his personal life is tougher to
navigate. He has been with Liv (Robin Wright Penn, FORREST
GUMP) for years, but it’s difficult to connect with her due to
her worry over her teenage daughter. When Will catches a
teenage boy named Miro (Ravi Gafron) breaking into his office,
he chases the thief home. He later meets the boy's mother, a
Bosnian refugee played by Juliette Binoche (CHOCOLAT). His
anger at Miro is quickly transformed into attraction to his
mother, further complicating his relationship with Liv.
This is Law's third teaming with Minghella (after THE TALENTED
MR. RIPLEY and COLD MOUNTAIN), and their partnership rewards
the audience with a typically good performance from the actor.
Wright Penn and Binoche also display the talent people have
come to expect, but it’s the supporting cast that shines here.
As Will's business partner, Sandy, Martin Freeman plays second
fiddle to Law, but he possesses a similar charm as his
character on THE OFFICE. As a persistent prostitute, Vera
Farmiga (THE DEPARTED) is one of the movie’s highlights,
providing laughter in what is largely a very bleak film.
Gavron is a capable young actor as Miro, but his performance
is most astonishing for his skills at the sport of parkour, a
kind of urban acrobatics on display throughout the film. If
only these characters were half as adept at life and
relationships as Gavron is at leaping from building to
building....
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