Jude Law is an inventive and appealing young British actor skilled in drama, romance and light comedy. In BREAKING AND ENTERING, a bit of all three, he plays an architect named Will who professionally is a success, but on the home front, rapidly losing touch with his longtime partner (Robin Wright Penn) and her autistic daughter. Will and his partner's state-of-the-art architectural studio is burgled by a local gang. Staking out the property after the second break-in, he foils a third attempt and chases a teenage thief back to a tiny flat, which serves as a home and tailoring business. Returning the next day on the pretext of needing a jacket sewn, Will meets the boy's seamstress mother (Juliette Binoche), a lonely Bosnian refugee, who is clueless about her son’s nefarious activities. Initially intending to expose the boy, Will instead initiates an affair, which leads to self discovery and hard choices for the conflicted but basically decent man. With a smart script and interesting performances by Law, Penn, Binoche and several quirky, quickly fleeing characters, B&E is fresh and fun and for sure worth your time.
BREAKING AND ENTERING (2006)
Jude Law is an inventive and appealing young British actor skilled in drama, romance and light comedy. In BREAKING AND ENTERING, a bit of all three, he plays an architect named Will who professionally is a success, but on the home front, rapidly losing touch with his longtime partner (Robin Wright Penn) and her autistic daughter. Will and his partner's state-of-the-art architectural studio is burgled by a local gang. Staking out the property after the second break-in, he foils a third attempt and chases a teenage thief back to a tiny flat, which serves as a home and tailoring business. Returning the next day on the pretext of needing a jacket sewn, Will meets the boy's seamstress mother (Juliette Binoche), a lonely Bosnian refugee, who is clueless about her son’s nefarious activities. Initially intending to expose the boy, Will instead initiates an affair, which leads to self discovery and hard choices for the conflicted but basically decent man. With a smart script and interesting performances by Law, Penn, Binoche and several quirky, quickly fleeing characters, B&E is fresh and fun and for sure worth your time.
