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Breaking In is proof that Gabrielle Union deserves more leading roles -- particularly in films that offer more than this rote, disposable action thriller.
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Too many unanswered questions and not enough character development. May 13, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Too many unanswered questions and not enough character development.
Malika Kingston
Just in time for Mother's Day comes a thrill-free, home-invasion thriller about a mom (Gabrielle Union) who'll stop at nothing to keep four bad guys from killing her two kids. Buy a ticket to this dull, dim-witted con job and you'll want to break out. May 12, 2018 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Just in time for Mother's Day comes a thrill-free, home-invasion thriller about a mom (Gabrielle Union) who'll stop at nothing to keep four bad guys from killing her two kids. Buy a ticket to this dull, dim-witted con job and you'll want to break out.
Peter Travers
James McTeigue has a fleet, efficient visual style that keeps the suspense set pieces percolating. May 11, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
James McTeigue has a fleet, efficient visual style that keeps the suspense set pieces percolating.
Glenn Kenny
There is a familiarity to its characters and story, which doesn't do much at all in terms of reinventing the genre, but very much meets its own expectations. May 11, 2018 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
There is a familiarity to its characters and story, which doesn't do much at all in terms of reinventing the genre, but very much meets its own expectations.
Sarah-Tai Black
"Breaking In" is broken. May 11, 2018 | Rating: D | Full Review…
"Breaking In" is broken.
Adam Graham
Without suspense, all the audience has to go on are the plot mechanics, which are no great shakes, and the characters, which are paper-thin. May 10, 2018 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Without suspense, all the audience has to go on are the plot mechanics, which are no great shakes, and the characters, which are paper-thin.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
It's the sort of movie that only plays well on HBO at 2 a.m., after roughly 10 wings and 20 beers have been consumed. Jul 18, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
It's the sort of movie that only plays well on HBO at 2 a.m., after roughly 10 wings and 20 beers have been consumed.
Matt Brunson
This is a relatively new twist, but whose possibilities McTeigue barely exploits. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 11, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
This is a relatively new twist, but whose possibilities McTeigue barely exploits. [Full Review in Spanish]
John Tones
Panic Room knockoff minus all the inventiveness the director of V For Vendetta should have brought to a project like this. Mar 20, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
Panic Room knockoff minus all the inventiveness the director of V For Vendetta should have brought to a project like this.
Francis X. Friel
Unfortunately it ended up being a pretty mediocre film. Feb 25, 2019 | Rating: 3/10 | Full Review…
Unfortunately it ended up being a pretty mediocre film.
Rachel Wagner
The biggest problem with Breaking In is that you can see a fairly clear path to a much better movie. What could have been a fun upending of expectations turned into a rote checklist of those very same expectations. Feb 7, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
The biggest problem with Breaking In is that you can see a fairly clear path to a much better movie. What could have been a fun upending of expectations turned into a rote checklist of those very same expectations.
Allen Adams
In more adroit hands, such a set-up could yield tense cat-and-mouse thrills, but the twists in Breaking In are all too predictable and so are the characters. Still, Union gives it her best shot as the resourceful heroine. Feb 3, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
In more adroit hands, such a set-up could yield tense cat-and-mouse thrills, but the twists in Breaking In are all too predictable and so are the characters. Still, Union gives it her best shot as the resourceful heroine.
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