once upon a time and love meant never have to say youre sorry . in break and enter and a fairy tale of a different order and love be apparently about nothing but . sadly and all of those apology do not make u feel any good . maybe that because and by the time the film end and be not quite sure theyre heartfelt . in yet another collaboration with director anthony minghella ( cold mountain and the talented mr. ripley ) and jude law play will and an architect who and with his partner sandy ( martin freeman ) and have just set up shop in king cross and a london neighborhood that be on the cusp of be gentrified but which still be know for it high crime rate . think crack and prostitution and and yes and burglary . naturally and the high tech architectural firm get burglarize several time by a gang of immigrant who employ teenaged boy of superior athletic ability to initiate the break ins . one of these boy and miro ( rafi gavron ) and be as fascinate by what he find at the firm a he be proud of his ability to earn a living in nefarious way . this and of course and become a pivotal plot point that not to give anything away anyone pay attention will spot the moment it appear on screen . in an attempt to do what the police ( and apparently an effective security system ) can not and will and sandy stake out their space at night and initially a a team and then just by will and who form an unusual relationship with oana and a local prostitute ( play to perfect humorous pitch by vera farmiga ) . will distraction nearly cause him to miss another robbery in progress . but at the last possible moment he give chase to miro and who he follow to an apartment in a housing project . it be disingenuous of minghella and who also write the screenplay and to ask his audience to buy why and at this point and will doesn not just call the police . maybe it because will recognize that and once again and he can practice the same rescuer skill he employ with the two people he live with and liv ( robin wright penn ) and his common law wife and and bea ( poppy rogers ) and her functionally autistic daughter . maybe it because and this time and he will be able to get it right . whatever the reason and will be compel to satisfy his curiosity about miro by visit the apartment where the teenager live with his seamstress mother and bosnian immigrant amira ( juliette binoche ) . what transpire between these two be to be expect from a pairing of two such good look actor or character who can not possibly not be attract to each other . that will behave totally irresponsibly throughout all that ensue be grist for the mill . that minghella think he can make it all okay by have will utter a series of i be sorry that be the equivalent of kiss a boo boo well be to underestimate everyone involve . it be to the credit of this fine cast that they all manage to turn in creditable performance and especially wright penn and who manage to do so much with so little . of all the actor and though and the one who turn in the most outstanding performance be gavron and rogers and and of course and farmiga . this be a season of finely hone support performance and and b and e offer some excellent example . to emphasize these performance and however and be to overlook one of the more important character in b and e. minghella film and include the critically acclaim and commercially successful the english patient and prove that the writer or director be adept at integrate landscape a character into his film and and b and e be no different . indeed and without king cross and and the artistry with which it be photograph by benoit delhomme and the film have very little reason for be . it be all the more unfortunate and therefore and that the script be not more specific about the class problem at which it barely hint . perhaps there be an apology adequate for such an oversight ( not to mention the very unsatisfying end ) and but i be sorry just isn not it .