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  • Breach
  • Opened February 16, 2007 | Runtime:1 hr 50 min
  • PG-13
    violence, sexual content and language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. Read More
  • Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent is coming to pass with his unexpected promotion and assignment to work with renowned agent Robert Hanssen. He soon learns the reason for Read More
  • Cast: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Dennis Haysbert, Gary Cole, Caroline Dhavernas
  • Director: Billy Ray
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Suspense/Thriller

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  • Ryan Phillippe in "Breach."
  • Young FBI trainee Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is hand picked to keep a steady eye on renowned operative and suspected spy Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) in "Breach."
  • Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) begins to grow suspicious in "Breach."
  • Chris Cooper and Ryan Phillippe in "Breach."
  • Ryan Phillippe in "Breach."
  • Chris Cooper in "Breach."
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    Very good, but...

    by wwdc

    Breach was well done, never lagged, but could have been a bit more suspenseful.
    You never had any sense of how Hanssen carried out his spying or got away with it for so long. You didn't really know why they started to suspect him. The story was entirely the story of O'Neil spying on Hanssen so the suspense was all about whether Hanssen would catch O'Neil in his efforts. There were a few tense moments but somehow, when it was all over, the final "catching" of Hanssen was somehow oddly anticlimactic to me.
    The various characters all came off as pretty clinical and controlled - maybe that is how they really are and need to be in order to be successful FBI agents and maybe that is exactly O'Neil's point.
    I enjoyed the movie and I knew the basis of the story going in, but I nonetheless expected a real spy thriller and it was more of a studied recap of the events.

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    Breach

    by pnbjamy

    Everything we thought it wound be.

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    Breach

    by pgerden

    Excellent entertainment! Chris Cooper is wonderful and not at al predictable as Robert Hanssen--so that even thought you know how it ends, you want to watch to the end to find out why and how. I' d have liked more exposition of this last at the end--and also some indication of the effect on his family. But while it lasts, truly absorbing. Laura Linney wonderful as always and even Ryan Philippe ws good.

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Go Avg. Critic Score 74 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    The acting is superb, particularly from the three principals.

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    Filled with tension, deception and bravura acting, Breach is a crackling tale...

  • 88
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    In this steadily gripping hothouse of a thriller, it's Cooper -- funny, fierce...

  • 80
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    The movie is serious, intelligent, intentionally claustrophobic and awfully...

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