The Breaker Upperers

Name: The Breaker Upperers
Director: Madeleine Sami
Released: 2018

Synopsis

Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.

90
Los Angeles Times
The Breaker Upperers features a distinctly New Zealand style of comedy: dry, awkward and utterly hilarious. But directors, writers and stars Jackie van Beek and Madeline Sami still give this film a wild energy that’s absolutely their own, with jokes that take the audience from giggles to cackles to all-out shrieks.
83
The Playlist
Most importantly of all: it’s funny. Really, really funny, consistently and constantly.
80
Screen Daily
The Breaker Upperers might suffer from a too-neat third act, but it wins hearts and hearty guffaws along the way.
80
Variety
It’s a terrific showcase for the duo and their entire cast, which, besides a pop-up bit from Clement, is curated from a local talent pool that Hollywood has yet to spelunk. After this, it should.
75
RogerEbert.com
A marvelously kooky, occasionally laugh-out-loud funny buddy comedy.
70
The New York Times
This collaboration between Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami — who wrote, directed and star together — exhibits their fairly irresistible comic chemistry, even if the conceit of the movie wears a bit thin.
60
The Guardian
The Breaker Upperers is Sami and Van Beek’s show through and through. The film coasts off the energy and rapport of this affable pair, whose smart-mouthed performances are full of pep and fizz. What they lack in wit they compensate for with sheer likability.