Breach

Pros: Chris Cooper
Cons: Show-and-tell style; Ryan Phillipe; Boring storytelling style

Breach (2007) Breach is a character study that purports to be a suspense thriller picture.  But as a character study it sidesteps the racy details as to spy Robert Hanssen's private life and doesn't really give a view ...

Pros: Great cast, acting, story, and direction
Cons: Hanssen deserves to be executed

Breach (2007) tells the incredible true story of the capture of veteran FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was also one of the worst spies in the history of the United States. It stars Chris Cooper and Ryan Phillippe and is directed by Billy Ray, who ...

Pros: Engrossing story with a good cast.
Cons: Might be too slow for some viewers.

Movies have been made about true events for years. Some of them have turned out to be very good while others were very bad and have made me wonder why anyone even bothered to make the movies to begin with. I think that Breach< b>< i> is one of ...

Pros: Excellent writing, great acting, sharp dialogue, attention to detail.
Cons: None.

This is an interesting question. Unfortunately, it is a question that was answered in real life. I guess the moral to this story is that the bad guy ultimately went to jail. Breach tells the true story of Robert Hanssen, a high level FBI Agent ...

Pros: Chris Cooper
Cons: not an exciting spy story if you were expecting Hollywood spy action!

I grew up on James Bond movies, but in 2001, a real double agent, Robert Hanssen was caught spying on our own government and arrested. He now serves a life sentence. Breach is based on that true story, and stars Chris Cooper as Robert Hanssen. ...

Pros: Performances by Linney, Cooper, and of course Phillippe
Cons: It drags in places and some of it comes from spy movie stock.

When you already know the plot of a story, what is the reason for bothering to see it, read it, or hear it? When you know the tale, then the telling is why you bother. Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) was the most successful—if that word is appropriate— ...

Pros: serious, worthy story, with strong performances by Cooper
Cons: lackluster execution

This film's tagline reads: "Inspired by the true story of the greatest security breach in U.S. history." That may be. But being inspired by a good story and telling one are two different things. Breach was inspired by one. You do the math. On ...

Pros: Chris Cooper as lead, superb acting, well-written script, a few laughs and surprises
Cons: Pace seemed slow in some places

Breach was released in theaters around mid-February, 2007, and seeing that Chris Cooper was in the lead role, I figured the movie should definitely be worth a viewing. Chris Cooper does very well playing the tough, conservative, silent types, and I was ...

Pros: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, script
Cons: none

Breach is a 2007 film based upon true events which led to the capture of the most elusive and damaging spy in US history, FBI agent Robert Hanssen. The film itself contains a spoiler in the opening scene with actual footage of Attorney General John ...

Pros: A dark, brooding spy film which is cold and calculating.
Cons: A slow burner.

Breach is a dark, thinking-person's spy movie in the old-time stone-cold tradition of 1965's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, based on the novel of that time by John le Carre'. Breach, based on a true story, stars ...

Pros: Chris Cooper
Cons: Omits what the FBI did wrong. Once again, the G-men are heroes.

It’s easy to forget the story of FBI agent Robert Hanssen and the great harm he did as a double agent for the Soviet Union. The story played out behind the scenes, for the most part. Hanssen pleaded guilty to avoid a trial—and execution-- ...

Pros: Another character study film and not a spy movie
Cons: Understanding the motive, but that may be impossible.

In the very first scene of Breach, Attorney General John Ashcroft at a news conference is announcing the arrest of the worst spy in American history. The next scene immediately takes the viewer back two months earlier where Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) ...

Pros: overall good acting, great introduction for an interesting event
Cons: slow in spots, overall unmemorable

In 2001 noted FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested on the charge or treason for selling US secrets to the Soviet Union. In 2007 director Billy Ray brought us this dramatic representation of the events leading up to Hanssen’s arrest just months before ...

Pros: Great TRUE story, good script and some really good performances.
Cons: ZERO "action"...so be prepared for a cerebral film. (Not a "con" for me.)

I didn’t remember all that much about the story of the traitor Robert Hansen…but BREACH sure brought it back. In the very early years of the George W. Bush administration, before 9/11, the arrest of Hansen was a big story. I called him a ...

Pros: Outstanding performance by Chris Cooper of the misanthropic Hanssen.
Cons: Definitely NOT the "spy" picture. Some deeply troubling shots at Hanssen's religious beliefs.

I was really hoping this movie would live up to the hype that Universal is so good at generating. But it missed the target by miles, despite an Oscar-worth performance by Chris Cooper of the misanthropic FBI mole, Robert Hanssen. Understand going in ...