The Break-Up
Underrated romantic-comedy: an anatomy of a break-up. After Brooke (Jennifer Aniston) calls it quits with Gary (Vince Vaughn), neither is willing to move out of the apartment they share. Taking the advice of their respective friends and confidants, they engage in mental warfare designed to force one another out of the premises.
2006Rating: M106 minsUSA
ComedyDrama
- Director:
- Peyton Reed ('Down with Love', 'Bring It On')
- Writer:
- Jeremy Garelick,amp; Jay Lavender
- Cast:
- Jennifer AnistonVince VaughnJon FavreauJason BatemanVincent D'OnofrioJudy Davis
The Break-Up / Reviews
Premiere Magazine
Gradually reveals itself to be a rather realistically dismal portrait of a man and woman's universal shortcomings in communication...
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For a film billed as a romantic comedy, The Break-Up has a surprising lack of either...
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New York Daily News
Has a sharp edge and a granite center. Often laugh-out-loud funny, but the hurt that comes with it feels very real, its emotional integrity is unusual in the genre...
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Hollywood Reporter
After a promisingly quirky start, 'Break-Up' suffers a major breakdown from which it never recovers...
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