
A mother and her daughter, a mother and her son, and a man living with one and attracted to the other. Miro, a teen from Sarajevo, lives near King's Cross with his mother; he's nimble, able to run across roofs, so his uncle hires him to break into office skylights, so the uncle can boost computers. Twice they steal from Will's architectural firm, so Will stakes it out at night. He follows Miro home and returns the next day and meets Miro's mother, Amira. At home, Will's relat... (Full plot summary below)
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A mother and her daughter, a mother and her son, and a man living with one and attracted to the other. Miro, a teen from Sarajevo, lives near King's Cross with his mother; he's nimble, able to run across roofs, so his uncle hires him to break into office skylights, so the uncle can boost computers. Twice they steal from Will's architectural firm, so Will stakes it out at night. He follows Miro home and returns the next day and meets Miro's mother, Amira. At home, Will's relationship with Liv is strained - he feels outside Liv and her daughter Bea's circle. The stakeout and Amira's vulnerability are attractive alternatives to being at home. The police, too, watch Miro.
Leave your thoughts about Breaking and Entering.
| Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineThe performances here are the thing and they are great. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderMinghella seems intent on making Merchant-Ivory films now, and I don't mean that in a good way. |
| OhmyNews.comBrian OrndorfThere are moments in Breaking that are heart-stoppingly perfect in their observance of human beings engaging in games of the heart. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThis timely anatomy of one problematic neighborhood, where race, class, and sex interface and crash (as in the film Crash) begins well but then escalates into heavyhanded melodrama marred by implausible subplots, allegorical meanings, and pat ending. |
| Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)Josh LarsenIts waywardness may not make for the tightest of narratives, but it certainly gives the movie the pulse of real, random life |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenHandsome man deals with neurotic wife by having unlikelyaffair with mother of criminal lad. |
| Los Angeles CityBeatAndy Klein[Minghella] is once again working from his own original screenplay, and it seems to bring out the best in him.... extra credit points for making the first non-action film to incorporate the sport of Parkour... |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA thought-provoking and ethically-charged film that greatly expands our moral understanding of the act of stealing. |
| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerMinghella raises social issues his film may not be providing answers for... or, less than acceptable ones. |
| Movie HabitMarty MapesMinghella is a master at texture and depth, which makes up for some frustration with the characters |