Diagonaldi Very well executed

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

garysaunders1214 The current situation in America has been summed up well by this movie. Relationships are completely one sided. Yep, I said it. You women are spoiled rotten. Let's review here. A guy doesn't want to do the dishes. His girl retaliates by doing horrible things to him. She kicks him off his bowling team and makes him walk out of the bowling alley 1/2 naked. Try reversing those roles! This movie clearly shows that women can be pure evil to a man and it's okay because she's a girl. Nonsense. She then has him attacked by her brother in his own home. He retaliates by not wanting to be in a relationship with her anymore. She responds by being meaner and meaner to him in an insane attempt to fix the relationship. Insanity! They then both parade other lovers in front of each other and in the end the guy still somehow wants the woman. This movie sums up the incredibly lopsided state of relationships in America. This movie is a sad statement of affairs in this country.

mettafriend This movie is not what I expected. I would not call it a comedy, but rather a Drama with comedic components. Jennifer Aniston does a fantastic job playing a very realistic woman in a relationship with someone she fell in love with, but really shouldn't be in a relationship with in the first place. She battles between letting go and, as many people do, holding on because its a known quantity and there are some good memories. Vince Vaughn's character is a child in a man's body. He is charming and there's a reason why Aniston's character fell in love with him. But in the end, he's a self-centered emotionally-unintelligent man unable to see rationally or beyond his own self-interests. I was annoyed at times when Jennifer's character wouldn't let go and move on. She is so out of Vince's character's league. But, it actually happens a lot in real life. The end is surprising and relieving. Loved it.

Emilia "The Break up" is a film that incorporates a real life situation into a film that is relatable and well rounded. This film produces a new look at relationships and the hardships that are bound to come between two people. The director interestingly takes a new, and innovative approach on this film by not making it a happy ending story, but in fact making it a sad ending where neither person in the couple regains what they truly want--each other. The director continuously reinforces the idea that couples aren't always happy and go through trials just like everyone else. By doing this, it makes the film a more relatable thing to watch for an older audience. Although this film is overall an enjoyable film to watch, I would not consider it classic or a very popular film. Though in it's time it may have been very popular amongst adults and teenagers, it's overall value has decreased with time. Many think this is due to the fact that the film is too generic with no real 'closure' at the end of the film. Others speculate that it's just another relationship movie. I believe this film decreased in popularity due to both of these reasons. It attracts many of the older audience to this film, but once you've seen it, you've seen it and there's not much more to gain. Overall, I believe this film holds many morals and messages within it. All relationships have problems at one point or another and I believe this film explores those ideas fairly well. It teaches us that if you love someone, you sacrifice what you want to make the other person happy. It's also equally important that both partners are emotionally satisfied in the relationship in order for it to work out in the end for both parties. The director installations that in his film by getting a deeper look of the phases couples go through after a break up, which made the film stronger in the long run.The director in this film did a good job of showing the internal conflict of both the people in the relationship and how that affected the well being of the external conflict. By showing both sides of this relationship and how both people thought out their next move, it brought to light many of the questions people have in their own relationship. Brooke's internal conflict was feeling unappreciated in the relationship, and Gary's internal conflict was being confused and wanting freedom. Both of these problems contributed to the bridged external conflict, the break up and the aftermath it left on their friends and family. The director brought to light these two characters equally into the plot, which strengthened the audience's connection to both characters. This film explores relationships and the struggles one goes through very well. I would recommend this movie and give it a 7 on the wow scale.

Bernie Sauer Yes, I am going to promote another critically panned yet publicly loved Vince Vaughn film simply because of one thing: it stars Vince Vaughn.Here's a guy men like because he's pleasingly crass and women like because he has a quasi sensitive side. If anything, Vince is the reason to go to the movies these days because he leaves political correctness out the door and endorses a touch of shame.In The Break-Up, Vince plays Gary who has just been dumped by his girlfriend, Brooke, played by real-life lover, Jennifer Aniston. Neither one is willing to move out of the condo they share, so they both take the advice of their friends and instigate a battle of mind games in order to oust the other out. Little do they know that behind their trickery, they may also be trying to keep the relationship alive.Although Jennifer Aniston plays an agreeable representative of the female side, this is really Vince's film for the mere reason that when he is right, he is right, and when he is wrong, he is really wrong.Along with a likable, clumsy Vince, we also have an admirably funny cast including Brooke's ambiguously gay brother (John Michael Higgins of Best in Show), her eccentric art collecting boss (Judy Davis), and Johnny, Gary's best friend played by Jon Favreau in scenes that recapture the duo's chemistry in the 1996 hit, Swingers. To add, kudos go to Jennifer Aniston, who is one of the most underrated actresses in Hollywood as she constantly tries and succeeds to meld her old sitcom "Friends" character into something new.Overall, I was surprised by The Break-Up. I went into the theatre with all of the previously read criticism in my head but came out feeling refreshingly content. Some critics stabbed the film for being too funny, light, dramatic, and dark all at the same time. I ask, isn't that exactly what a break up is all about? Except for what I thought was a cop-out ending, Vince and Jennifer portray the finale of a couple as sincerely as they can. Seeing the film a few months after my own break up with my girlfriend, I could only relate, grimace, and smile.