Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- tense
- intimate
- serious movie night
- adult drama night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the class-conscious London drama contrived and superficial, despite its serious social ambitions and strong cast.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Will's architectural firm, London's built environment, and Miro's roof-running routes externalize the characters' distance and vulnerability.
Will's affluent professional life intersects with Amira and Miro's precarious immigrant household through the burglary investigation.
Will's stakeout of Miro becomes entangled with his attraction to Amira and dissatisfaction with Liv.
Amira and Miro live near King's Cross while navigating policing, theft, and economic insecurity.
Films like Breaking and Entering, and why
Closer
urban relationship drama combining infidelity, class tension, immigration, and moral ambiguity
The End of the Affair
melancholic romantic drama about emotionally fractured adults and difficult intimacy
Dirty Pretty Things
crime-inflected character drama exploring social inequality and compromised choices in London
Movie Details
- Director
- Anthony Minghella
- Release Date
- 2006-12-15
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (277)
Cast
- Jude Law
- Juliette Binoche
- Vera Farmiga
- Robin Wright
- Martin Freeman
- Rafi Gavron
- Poppy Rogers
- Ray Winstone
- Ed Westwick
- Anna Chancellor
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Starz Apple TV channel, Howdy Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Breaking and Entering about?
- An architect’s pursuit of a teenage burglar draws him into a volatile triangle of desire, class anxiety, and immigrant vulnerability in London.
- What is Breaking and Entering like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Breaking and Entering as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Breaking and Entering violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Breaking and Entering as mild.
- What did critics think of Breaking and Entering?
- Critics broadly found the class-conscious London drama contrived and superficial, despite its serious social ambitions and strong cast.
- Which films are like Breaking and Entering?
- Films with a similar feel include Closer, The End of the Affair, and Dirty Pretty Things.
- How long is Breaking and Entering?
- Breaking and Entering runs 129 minutes.
- Where can I watch Breaking and Entering?
- In United States, Breaking and Entering streams on Starz Apple TV channel, Howdy Amazon Channel.
