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“It's not about doing the things you love, it's about doing things with the one you love!” Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn star in this romantic comedy from the director of Down With Love; Breaking up can be tough. The film follows the two leads as they try to force the other out of their shared apartment, all the while, mistaking their ex’s actions as hostility rather than a cry for help. Aniston stars as Brooke Meyers, a highly successful and (of course), beautiful woman working in an Art Gallery; Vaughn stars as Gary Grobowski, a popular tour bus guide, working for his brother’s firm in Chicago. The two of them meet at a ball game and fall in love. When Gary takes Brooke for granted, first of all forgetting to buy the right ingredients for her centrepiece at a family dinner and then later, refuses to help her clean up after she had cooked all night, the two of them have a fight and Brooke dumps Gary. Brooke doesn’t really wish to break up, she only wishes that Gary would appreciate her without her having to ask; However everything Brooke does simply reinforces the break up in Gary’s eyes. Like throwing him off the bowling team, dating other men and inviting her very gay brother around for singing practice - all to get on Gary’s nerves. Gary on the other hand, continues to be unaware that Brooke is acting out purely because she cares about him and moves in a pool table, offering Brooke’s dates tips on how to get into her pants and playing loud music throughout the night. Neither of them can afford the apartment on their own and eventually the two of them both agree to move out. But as the countdown to their permanent separation continues and the two of them are set to part ways… will the couple see past the barriers that they have put up in order to see they are actually still in love with one another? One thing I should say, and this isn’t necessarily a bad thing; this is a bizarre comedy. For the relationship scenes and fights, watching two people’s lives fall apart, this comes across as drama rather than comedy. Then, every now and then, there is a scene featuring the wonderful Justin Longwho stars as the film’s comic relief – Brooke’s gallery’s quirky receptionist. Excluding Justin Long’s character, former ‘Wedding Crasher’ Vaughn gets all the smart lines and comes across as his usual, witty self (which is hardly surprising), while Aniston does an admirable job at playing her character ‘Rachel’ from Friends…again. While for me, this fails on the comedy stakes - after all, breaking up is very rarely the most amusing thing to happen in real life and probably not the best thing to portray in a comedy; this film does work as a quirky drama as The Break Up does a great job of accurately portraying the venom, the harsh words and the impossible situations that couples get themselves in when their relationship falls apart. While this unfortunately cannot be compared with other break up comedies such as The War of the Roses; this will still keep your attention for the duration – if only to discover whether the Brooke and Gary get back together. This is a very well directed movie, with a quality cast, add this to your list and then pick a side.Read full review
All round good rom com, but the only prob is I just can't see Vince and Jen together so it never really worked for me. It is not the best but only def not the worst.
In my opinion its a good film - i like Jennifer Aniston and Vince - the break-up is about them as a dating couple that live together and find it difficult so they break up - there is a lot of lack of communication and typical issues about men and women and how a relationship can deteriorate so easily - its a bit fun - not too much !
This film is one a girl needs among her DVD collection. It's a classic chick flick, it's funny and really draws you in. I purchased it because I saw it while at a friends a while ago, and one evening I really fancied watching it and was gutted I hadn't already bought it!
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