Breaking and Entering
Seen after Babel, I liked this a lot. Again it is not perfect and as a slowish moving movie which does not resolve all its issues it is unlikely to get nearly the same public acclaim as Babel but in many ways I found it far more authentic and moving. It remains to be seen if audiences grasp the multiple questions that director and writer Anthony Minghella offers us up for debate. Jude Law plays very well in an ambiguous human role as Will, a landscaper who becomes a sort of local vigilante when his offices in a part of London under gentrification is repeatedly broken into. When he discovers that the culprit is a young Bosnian refugee, he ends up having an affair with the boy’s mysterious and vulnerable mother (excellent Juliette Binoche). 
This causes its own repercussions both with respect to the crime and to Will’s relationship with his partner Liv (also excellent Robin Wright Penn) 
who has a semi-autistic thirteen year-old daughter creating mayhem. There are various subplots which relate to the Serbian thieves, an understanding cop, Will’s business partner and a Romanian prostitute (hilariously played by Vera Farmiga). For me, it all fitted in together well and I found myself gripped by the story and the issues it raises with respect to property and theft and theft of time and emotions. It is a rich film with a look at modern London and the dilemmas we face today.
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