Synopsis
Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest 'why can't you do this one little thing for me?' argument, Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. What follows is a hilarious series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and undermining tricks – all encouraged by the former couple's friends and confidantes …and the occasional total stranger! When neither ex is willing to move out of their shared apartment, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until one of them reaches breaking point.
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Cast
- Jennifer AnistonBrooke Meyers
- Vince VaughnGary Grobowski
- Joey Lauren AdamsAddie
- Ann-MargretWendy Meyers
- Jason BatemanRiggleman
- Judy DavisMarilyn Dean
- Vincent D'OnofrioDennis Grobowski
- Jon FavreauJohnny O
- Cole HauserLupus Grobowski
- John Michael HigginsRichard Meyers
Recommandations
- 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Audiences expecting a good time will instead be rewarded with wildly unsympathetic lead characters and uncomfortably long stretches without a laugh in sight. - 50
Variety
Sporadic rays of sunshine emanate from the broad and gifted supporting cast, but the core story is almost relentlessly unpleasant, like sitting through a dinner party where the host couple does nothing but bicker. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
A routine, stereotype-stuffed sitcom with pretensions. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
The best bits are incidental: Vaughn's chats with Jon Favreau as his bartender buddy, which are delightful interludes of jostling ego, and Judy Davis, looking like Anna Wintour redesigned by Tim Burton as an undead marionette, laying down the law as Aniston's boss. - 50
ReelViews
The Break-Up is like Danny DeVito's "The War of the Roses," but without the wit, the acid, and the blacker-than-black humor. - 50
Austin Chronicle
Everybody’s sleepwalking here. Vincent D'Onofrio is fantastic with Vaughn in a small part as his brother, but it's as if he’s running in during a break from "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." - 40
Dallas Observer
Is The Break-Up worth your time? Let's put it this way: Whenever Vaughn is onscreen, it is. When he's not, it ain't. The movie's a comedy, but it's also about a breakup, so it gets a bit maudlin toward the end. - 40
L.A. Weekly
Sadly, The Break-Up is simply an exercise in confusion. To call it erratic would be to imply there was a course it went off, but the film's intentions are impossible to fathom.
