The Break-Up (2006)

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Won 4 awards & 6 nominations
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About the movie

Year

2006

Runtime

1 h 46 min

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country

United States

Director

Peyton Reed

Writers

Jeremy Garelick, Jay Lavender, Jeremy Garelick

Plotline

In a bid to keep their luxurious condo from their significant other, a couple's break-up proceeds to get uglier and nastier by the moment.

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Starring

Jennifer Aniston

Jon Favreau

Jason Bateman

Justin Long

Vincent D'Onofrio

Main cast

Vince Vaughn Gary Grobowski

Jennifer Aniston Brooke Meyers

Joey Lauren Adams Addie

Cole Hauser Lupus Grobowski

Jon Favreau Johnny O

Jason Bateman Riggleman

Judy Davis Marilyn Dean

Justin Long Christopher

Ivan Sergei Carson Wigham

John Michael Higgins Richard Meyers

Ann-Margret Wendy Meyers

Vernon Vaughn Howard Meyers

Vincent D'Onofrio Dennis Grobowski

Elaine Robinson Carol Grobowski

Jane Alderman Mrs. Grobowski

Jacqueline Williams Shondra

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External critics' reviews

Newly minted celebrity couple Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston don't have many opportunities to demonstrate their romantic chemistry in Peyton Reed's funny, heart-wrenching The Break-Up, but they still give what may be the best performances of their careers. more

A movie that's smarter than its trailer - in fact, totally different in tone and content? That's news, and it's why The Break-Up is a pleasant surprise to the open-minded. more

It's easier to accept a breakup when it's clear that the two parties are mismatched, but a better, braver film would reveal what caused the initial attraction. more

It's an ambitious idea that monkeys with your expectations: make a whole movie about the ugly, hurt-feelings part of the relationship that's usually disposed of in a romantic-comedy musical montage. Unfortunately, like a bad boyfriend, The Break-Up has a problem with consistency. more

Vaughn and Favreau are so money, just like they were in "Swingers." more

It's Aniston's return to the emotional authenticity that surfaced too briefly in "Friends With Money" and made "The Good Girl" such a revelation. more

Listening to people bicker for almost two hours wears thin, especially when the comedy is never quite so funny as you had hoped it would be. more

The Break-Up doesn't turn the rom-com on its head, but with its focus on the darker side of love manages to gently tip it on its side. more

It's full of pain and quirky characters standing at oblique angles to one another, and while it doesn't add up it held me throughout. more

Audiences expecting a good time will instead be rewarded with wildly unsympathetic lead characters and uncomfortably long stretches without a laugh in sight. more

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