• Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 6, 2011
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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Metascore

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critics What's this?

User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

  • Summary: Christian Slater is Oz, the owner of a security firm, who hires the college student who tried to hack into his school's systems to join his team of security experts.
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 19
  2. Negative: 3 out of 19
  1. Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Apr 5, 2011
    83
    With its debonair, jump-cut editing, Breaking In is a vigorously original, joke-packed bit of fun that could develop into something special. I'm serious, my Wookiee.
  2. Reviewed by: Paige Wiser
    Apr 6, 2011
    75
    The pace is so fast that, like a good party, you might forget everything that's happened even before it's over. That's the sign of top-notch disposable entertainment.
  3. More work needs to be done on all the characters; so far they're just types, and the first episode, perhaps because of its manic tone, didn't make me laugh much. But I can see Breaking In growing into a pleasant, mildly goofy comedy that offers the light-adventure qualities of a USA or TNT show and the silly diversions of a half-decent 'Chuck' episode.
  4. Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Apr 6, 2011
    30
    [A] mediocre, plastic, utterly false new comedy premiering on Fox tonight--a series that just happens to be built around an all-powerful alpha male jerkwad-type of character.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. From my point of view this episode is awesome and it's pretty original,i mean i didn't see any serial like this before and i believe the it will be a success.The pilot episode and 2nd were very entertaining.I hope they will have more than one season.I saw those episodes on http://breakinginfan.com/ Expand
  2. Promising show, chemistry between characters (BOOM! goes the dynamite!) is good and i am glad to see Christian Slater back on TV. I hope this one is to stay Expand
  3. You know what, I liked this show. I'm a fan of Bret Harrison's from "Reaper", I'm a huge fan of Odette Yustman's from "October Road", and Christian Slater? Come on. His character Oz is almost the same as his character from "Kuffs"! Fox cancelled this show just like they have so many other great shows...too soon. Expand
  4. I was really hoping for something from this show but after 7 episodes I give up. Ridiculous can be great and I often love it but this is the other type of ridiculous. The plot conceits are forced and clichéd. The story lines can be seen a mile off and the chemistry just doesn't work. It's not believable even if you take into account the fantasy reality setting. Poor. Expand

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