Cooper gives a great performance as a man now spending 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, serving a life sentence without the prospect of probation.
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09/08/07
Breach (2007)
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Reviews Counted:170
Fresh:142
Rotten:28
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Powered by Chris Cooper's masterful performance, Breach is a tense and engaging portrayal of the FBI's infamous turncoat.
Theatrical Release:31-08-2007
Synopsis: Chris Cooper (ADAPTATION) gives a remarkable performance as complicated and bitter FBI agent Robert Hanssen in BREACH. Hanssen is a computer specialist who, after 25 years of service, is put under... [More]
Starring: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Kathleen Quinlan, Laura Linney
Director: Billy Ray
Reviews for Breach
Enjoyable, slow-burning thriller with an intelligent script and strong performances from its two leads.
08/31/07
Breach is slow, but never ponderous, and not at all like your average spy thriller. It has less obvious thrills and more depth.
08/31/07
Breach rarely treads new ground, but the set pieces are used so sparingly and with such focus on the central characters, the movie reaches a degree of tension you might not think possible.
08/31/07
A sombre game of cat-and-mouse. What it lacks in genuine tension it amply compensates in the understated performances of the two leads.
08/31/07
Intriguing and intelligent, Breach may be too understated for its own good.
08/31/07
Top CriticAn interestingly told tale: melancholy, thoughtful, and very un-American.
08/31/07
Top CriticChris Cooper, who won an Oscar for his supporting role in Adaptation, gives a brilliant poker-faced performance as Hanssen and Ryan Phillippe is also convincing as O’Neill.
08/31/07
Despite a couple of tense set pieces, the suspense needed to ignite this film is disappointingly lacking.
08/31/07
Top CriticIn the face of such a towering performance from Cooper, Phillippe keeps his end up while Laura Linney, as his handler, delivers the kind of turn we’ve come to expect from one of America’s finest movie actresses.
08/31/07
An effective and meticulous character drama, Breach doesn't quite make the most of its story but still tells a fascinating tale, aided by Chris Cooper's magnetic central performance.
08/31/07
Top CriticSlow-burning and sombre, Breach won’t be for everyone. But it’s worth catching for Cooper’s performance, while its fact-based tale of treachery will strike a chord in today’s climate of suspicion.
08/31/07
Top CriticTense, fascinating, worthwhile.
08/31/07
Top CriticDespite a career-best turn from Chris Cooper, however, Breach is a weirdly muted affair.
08/28/07
Top CriticCold and cerebral, with simmering suspense rather than outright excitement, this is a feel-the-quality-of-the-acting movie. It can’t answer all sorts of questions, but does take a scary mug shot of a subtle monster.
08/03/07
Top CriticSlow and steady, sure-handed and gripping.
03/03/07
...a slow-paced character study that benefits substantially from Chris Cooper's downright astounding performance...
11/07/09
Muffles suspense and dilutes tension without turning into a distanced approach
08/27/09
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