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About this movie

Genres:
Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Language:
English
Running time:
1:50:02
Partner rating:
PG-13
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Chris Cooper Robert Hanssen
  2. Ryan Phillipe
  3. Laura Linney Kate Burroughs
  4. Dennis Haysbert Dean Plesac
  5. Caroline Dhavernas Juliana O'Neill
  6. Gary Cole Rich Garces
  7. Bruce Davison John O'Neill
  8. Kathleen Quinlan Bonnie Hanssen
  9. Ryan Phillippe Eric O'Neill
  10. Mary Jo Deschanel

Directors

  1. Billy Ray

Producers

  1. Bobby Newmyer
  2. Scott Strauss
  3. Scott Kroopf

Writers

  1. Bobby Newmyer
  2. Scott Strauss
  3. Scott Kroopf
  4. Billy Ray

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Breach

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Shattered Glass director Billy Ray directs Chris Cooper and Ryan Philippe in this fact-based drama concerning the FBI traitor who carried out what many historians refer to as the most notable national security breach in U.S. history. A key member of the FBI's elite Soviet Analytical Unit, Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) would, for 15 years beginning in 1985, sell thousands of pages of classified documents to the Soviets. After making roughly 600... Shattered Glass director Billy Ray directs Chris Cooper and Ryan Philippe in this fact-based drama concerning the FBI traitor who carried out what many historians refer to as the most notable national security breach in U.S. history. A key member of the FBI's elite Soviet Analytical Unit, Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) would, for 15 years beginning in 1985, sell thousands of pages of classified documents to the Soviets. After making roughly 600,000 dollars on his clandestine endeavor and compromising everything from the identities of KGB spies working for the American government to nuclear war contingency plans, Hanssen was eventually transferred to a newly created position at the FBI's Washington headquarters and assigned the task of guarding his country's most sensitive secrets. It was while working in this capacity that a young agent named Eric O'Neill (Phillipe) was assigned the task of keeping tabs on Hanssen by suspicious higher-ups. Later, after being arrested while delivering a cache of secret documents to a "dead drop" spot in a Virginia park, the notorious traitor was arrested and sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

84%Tomatometer score: 84% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    David Gritten, Daily Telegraph Intriguing and intelligent, Breach may be too understated for its own good. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK] An interestingly told tale: melancholy, thoughtful, and very un-American. Full review External link
  3. Negative review
    Wendy Ide, Times [UK] Despite a couple of tense set pieces, the suspense needed to ignite this film is disappointingly lacking. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Saxon Bullock, Film4 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. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Trevor Johnston, Time Out Tense, fascinating, worthwhile. Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    Neil Smith, BBC Despite a career-best turn from Chris Cooper, however, Breach is a weirdly muted affair. Full review External link

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