Breach

Pros: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, smart story, Billy Ray's direction
Cons: Someday, someone else will try to outdo Robert Hanssen

In the decades following World War II, Americans were often told that people who lived behind the Iron Curtain were godless Communists. Not only is it likely that Robert Hanssen heard these words as a boy, but it also seems he lived those beliefs as an ...

Pros: good cast, true story
Cons: lacking in action and real drama, telegraphed ending, spoiled story

Breach was and is inspired by what has been called the greatest security breach in United States history. Taking its cues from the true story on which it is based, the film seeks to explore the two months leading up to the arrest of one man, who ...

Pros: great leading performances by Cooper and Phillippe, nice cameos, even directing
Cons: pacing is a little slow at first... as we are introduced to characters

Synopsis: Based on the true story of Robert Hanssen, a FBI agent turned traitor who sold information for over two decades before finally being caught in 2001. The film opens with real news footage of John Ashcroft announcing Hanssen’s arrest, ...

Pros: compelling character study, well acted
Cons: starts with the resolution, superfluous wives

Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) is our country's foremost expert on Russian intelligence matters. He's been with the FBI for more than a quarter of a century and in that time he's had his hands on most of the most sensitive cases that passed through the ...

Pros: Chris Cooper, great script and direction. Insight into the mind of a master spy.
Cons: Not enough publicity about his movie and its subject matter

I'm not a fan of this type of film- political or spy dramas. I don't read the books so I wasn't sure about a movie like this. However, I do think Chris Cooper is an excellent character actor so I accompanied my spouse to see Breach. The storyline ...

Pros: acting
Cons: lacks action

When Eric Oneill (Ryan Phillippe) became a clerk for an agent of the FBI he had no idea that he would be spying on one of the best FBI agents on the force, Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper). Hanssen is under investigation for giving secrets to the Soviet ...

Pros: The plot is understandable, which is sometimes rare for this genre.
Cons: One sort of wishes for a different ending for O'Neill.

I do not view or review many films each year, so please pardon if this is stricly from a consumer's point of view, not a professional critic. "Breach" is the story, ripped from the headlines, of FBI agent Robert Hanssen, fantastically played by Chris ...

Pros: Great Acting, Interesting Story, Suspenseful
Cons: A little slow moving.

To start I'd like to say that this is definetely my favorite movie to come out so far this year. The acting is quite good with a solid performance from Ryan Phillipe, and great performances from both Chris Cooper and Laura Linney. For those wondering, ...

Pros: Interesting plot. Real story. Believable.
Cons: Slow. Slow. Slow.

You can read all about what this movie is about on other reviewers’ reviews. The basics of this being a true story and that it is about an FBI agent who has been selling secrets to the Russians for years. There is a rookie agent who is brought in to ...

Pros: Good acting by Chris Cooper
Cons: might be too slow for some people's liking

The plot is intriguing no doubt, Chris Cooper portrayed the real American double agent spy Robert Hanssen, some of his remarks are outlandish, like "i donot like women in pant suits, we dont need anymore Hillary Clintons and his dis-taste for the FBI ...