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Breach
Directed by
Billy Ray
PG-13
2007
1h 50m
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7.0
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FBI upstart Eric O'Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
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Cast of Breach
Chris Cooper
Robert Hanssen
Ryan Phillippe
Eric O'Neill
Laura Linney
Kate Burroughs
Caroline Dhavernas
Juliana O'Neill
Gary Cole
Rich Garces
Dennis Haysbert
Dean Plesac
Kathleen Quinlan
Bonnie Hanssen
Bruce Davison
John O'Neill
Jonathan Watton
Geddes
Tom Barnett
Jim Olsen
Jonathan Potts
D.I.A. Suit
David Huband
Photographer
Catherine Burdon
Agent Nece
Scott Gibson
Agent Sherin
Courtenay J. Stevens
Agent Loper
Clare Stone
Lisa Hanssen
Jonathan Keltz
Greg Hanssen
Richard Fitzpatrick
Michael Rochford
Melissa Thomson
Jane
Craig Eldridge
Gene Connors
Jonathan Whittaker
Tim Bereznay
Reagan Pasternak
Beautiful Reporter
Mary Jo Deschanel
Vivian O'Neill
Elie Gemael
Libyan Man
Oula Boubkraoui
Libyan Wife
Chris Owens
Trunk Cataloguer
Jonathon Ruckman
SWAT Agent
Stan Coles
Father McKee
Bart Bedford
Information Center Manager
David Frisch
Agent Pack
Scott McCulloch
Director Louis Freeh
Mathew Lyons
Richard
Greg Campbell
Special Agent in Charge
David O'Neill
Man in Car
Guido Rossi
Latin Speaking Man at Church
John Ashcroft
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul D'Elia
D.C. Driver on Bridge (uncredited)
Aaron Michael Lacey
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Mike Monroe
D.C. Police Officer (uncredited)
Talia Russo
Woman on Cell Phone (uncredited)
Don Whatley
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Billy Ray
Director / Writer
Adam Mazer
Writer
William L. Rotko
Writer
Scott Strauss
Producer
Scott Kroopf
Producer
Robert Newmyer
Producer
Breach Ratings & Reviews
Brooks Carbo
April 7, 2025
Chris Cooper, brilliant, as always! Laura Linney brings another stellar, captive performance to another character in this non-fiction story. Phillippe delivers a decent portrayal in what could be described as an extremely difficult job as an FBI Agent who isn't on an undercover assignment but instead, one who is having to spy on his superior for selling classified information in hopes of putting a stop to the treason. Not the film or performances of the year but, definitely worth watching.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
Ultimately, the movie soars because of the inspired casting of Chris Cooper as Hanssen.
Film.com
Jonathan F. Richards
(Chris Cooper)is the principal reason why this unspectacular, low-key study of the Hanssen national security fiasco is so effective.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Cooper is superb, hard as granite, dense as an imploding black hole.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
Ray's impression of the real Hanssen remains frighteningly opaque.
CNN.com
Tom Charity
Ray's careful emphasis on authenticity over thrills and psychology over action is impeded by this narrative's narrow window: there's so much we can't know about what Hanssen did and why.
UGO
Brian Tallerico
A well-paced, intelligent thriller that's easily the most pleasant surprise of the year so far.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
An uncompromising study in the gradual decay of a soul.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Though you know from the start just how it's going to end, Breach, based on the true story of a treasonous FBI operative, is an edge-of-the-seat thriller.
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
Subtle, complex, bleakly funny at times, but always utterly enveloping, one of the great studies in profoundly abnormal psychology.
Seattle Times
Ted Fry
One of the best elements of this lean, tense and coolly believable story about the internal hunt for FBI turncoat Robert Hanssen is how its visual style and dearth of formulaic structural ingredients run counter to almost any other spy movie.
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Breach suffers from lavishing so much attention on a relatively minor figure.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Just when you're thinking every new American film belongs in the Bomb Squad, along comes Breach to win one for our side.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
A riveting true-life thriller about the young FBI specialist who got the goods on the veteran agent selling secrets to Moscow.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Though it's being dumped in the wastelands in February, Breach is better than many of the pack of so-called prestige movies that were released at the end of last year.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
A sharp cat-and-mouse game between Hanssen and Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe), the agent/trainee assigned to spy on him.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Filled with tension, deception and bravura acting, Breach is a crackling tale of real-life espionage that doubles as a compelling psychological drama.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
I can imagine no better man [than Chris Cooper] to play the enigma at the center of Breach.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Breach is the sort of studiously serious, well-made, based-on-fact film that critics go crazy for and audiences find earnestly dull and eminently avoidable.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Breach is a good cloak-and-dagger tale and telling this complex story through O'Neill proves a brilliant way to watch Hanssen's schemes unravel.
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Breach Scene: O'neil Confronts Hanssen In The Woods
Breach Scene: O'neil Confronts Hanssen In The Woods
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Breach Scene: O'neill Races To Replace Hanssen's Pda
Breach Scene: O'neill Races To Replace Hanssen's Pda
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Breach Scene: Hanssen Surprises O'neill In The Morning
Breach Scene: Hanssen Surprises O'neill In The Morning
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Breach Scene: Burroughs Gives O'neill His New Assignment
Breach Scene: Burroughs Gives O'neill His New Assignment
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Breach Scene: Burroughs Tells O'neill Hanssen Is A Traitor
Breach Scene: Burroughs Tells O'neill Hanssen Is A Traitor
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Breach Scene: Hanssen Tells O'neil That He Is About To Retire
Breach Scene: Hanssen Tells O'neil That He Is About To Retire
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Breach Scene: Hanssen Questions O'neill At Gun Point In The Woods
Breach Scene: Hanssen Questions O'neill At Gun Point In The Woods
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