Aaron Abrams, Chris Cooper, Dennis Haysbert
Inspired by the real-life story of Robert Hanssen, Breach follows the search for an elusive mole in the top echelons of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Eric O’Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is dragged fr...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 12, 2007
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June 24, 2009Chris Cooper's amazing performance makes this movie. The movie itself was ok but very interesting due to the fact the this shit really happened. I'm a big fan of Ryan Phillippe and have been since Cruel Intentions but I think he was miscast in this film. Other then that Not a bad...( read more)
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June 7, 2009Based on the true life events surrounding America's worst spy Robert Hannsen, who's actions, led to the deaths of three covert US agents in the Soviet Union and the full damage cost of his information leakings is unknown, but believed to be in the billions. At it's heart Breach i...( read more)
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January 18, 2009The story of Robert Hanssen is curious. How could a man that looked so normal on the outside be a spy? Breach doesn't really offer an answer and is better for it. Chris Cooper instead plays Hanssen to complexity. It seems throughout the movie that even Hanssen wasn't fully aw...( read more)
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January 7, 2009Excellent! Je m'attendais tout simplement pas ŕ cela. Ce jeune scout qui entre dans la vie d'un vétéran et qui fini par le manipuler un peu comme il veut par la suite, c'est ... WOW!
Ce grand chrétien avec une femme et des enfants qui fini par faire tout cela, comme quoi il ne ...( read more) -
September 26, 2009"Breach", Is a Espionage Thriller, that is so tauntingly scary. You already know how it is going to end, yet It keeps you on the edge of your seat, and Makes you wonder how Anyone could have did that to his own Country, and How someone could be a counter-spy trying to bring him d...( read more)
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September 20, 2009Droll looking cinematography, which makes for a realistic thriller and with a great lead performance by Chris Cooper, the film keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout.
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September 4, 2009Not quite as intense as I was hoping, in fact not very spy-ish at all, which is probably more realistic (which makes sense since it's based on a true story) but ultimately is less entertaining. Now I'm usually all for realism, but I wouldn't have minded a bit more thrill, maybe f...( read more)
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September 3, 2009Very slow but catchy. I was so pleased to see Chris Cooper in such a an important role in a movie.
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August 31, 2009Should be watched in tandem with the made-for TV movie starring William Hurt (Hulu hosts it) which was suprisingly good -- sorry but the title escapes me at the mo. Although based on the same subject as Breach, it rather focuses more on the personal life of America's worst spy, R...( read more)
Critic Reviews
February 16, 2007
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
February 16, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Though you know from the start just how it's going to end, Breach, based on the true story of a treasonous FBI operative, is an edge-of-the-seat thriller. full review
February 16, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Just when you're thinking every new American film belongs in the Bomb Squad, along comes Breach to win one for our side. full review
February 16, 2007
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
I can imagine no better man [than Chris Cooper] to play the enigma at the center of Breach. full review
February 16, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
A spellbinding real-life suspense thriller so incredible that even Hollywood couldn't make it up. full review
February 16, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
There's precious little espionage where we can see it, and that's what makes the movie such a compelling and eerily effective little drama. full review
February 15, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
The picture is suspenseful where it counts, and at times, it's truly terrifying. There were moments that made my skin crawl. full review
February 15, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
If you don't see enough of personality-deficient paper-pushers and sterile office environments on your daily rounds, this film will offer just what you've been missing. full review
February 12, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
As he proved in Shattered Glass, Ray has a talent for nailing the essence of an ecosystem. full review
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January 5, 2008ryan phillipe proves he's a good actor....chris cooper he's kinda scary....but good.
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June 13, 2007Are you kidding me? A bunch of whitebread religious Americans in a slow moving propaganda movie? I don't think so.
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February 13, 2007nice cast.........movie about a spy who is very religious.......its enough to make me curious
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