Review of Breaking and Entering (2006) by Buggy B — 24 Feb 2014

This was almost a good movie, following criminals, immigrants and well-to-do professional types in London's King's Cross neighborhood. Jude Law looks good and does a fine job as an architect tracking the thief who twice broke into his office.

Along the way he hops into a bathtub and begins an affair with the 15yr old thief's mother (Juliette Binoche) -she's a Serbian refugee, trying to blackmail him into not pressing charges against her son.

Robin Wright plays Law's live in girlfriend -she's meant to be Swedish but her accent is terrible and her character all over the place. I expected better from her as I'm usually a fan. The story itself never really comes together, even at the end when all the characters intersect, it wasn't really fulfilling.

I did enjoy seeing Sherlock's (Martin Freeman) here and also liked the Serbian boys 'jumping' all over Kings Cross while they burgled people. Good acting from 'the thief' and Binoche.

02.23.14.