The Break-Up

A once-loving Chicago couple whose happily-ever-after quickly turned into a never-again finds their crumbling romance complicated when both parties refuse to move out of the pair's recently purchased condo. The Break-Up is a romantic comedy that starts where all the others end. The future once ...more

The Break-Up generated a lot of heat and publicity due to the fact that the film's stars, Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston, began their much gawked about, off-screen romance on set. It makes sense, given the duo's palpable chemistry, which is given surprisingly little screen time. Despite the fact that "Vaughniston"–as the tabloid press christened them—make for a believeable couple, they don't spend much time as an actual couple in this dark, no-happy-ending romantic comedy. For most of the ...more

Peyton Reed's The Break-Up earns its title honestly. The screenplay, the actors, and the director have succeeded in capturing an ugly, pedestrian break-up between two very average emotionally stunted people. The scenes that deal dramatically, rather than humorously, with the situation actually are the strongest elements of the film. The huge verbal blow-out between the two at the beginning of the film, and the scene where they "discuss" with their realtor who should keep the spacious Chicago ...more