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This love story movie is about a couple who broke up just as fast as they hook up. This movie is about a typical ordinary couple living together in a shared apartment condo, both have each own everyday job to go to, and have to attend to each others commitment to as couple, to attend each others need in the relationship. Which started as a family get together party ended up turning into a nightmare when Jennifer Anniston had to do all the party preparation with only one single favor asked from his boyfriend (bf), to bring home 12 lemons for the party! When her bf only brought 3 lemons instead of 12 as she requested, the whole thing ended being a major realationship fight about not appreciating her enough of everything she had done..... In her effort to be appreciated more by her boyfriend, she set-up fake dates to make her bf jealous and hopefully will wake him up and let him realize that she is the one for him and that he needs to change his ways and learn to appreciate her or else he will lose her..but HER plans did not work as she hoped to make him appreciate her instead her plans caused them further and further away from the relationship. Instead of getting jealous with her dates, he set-up parties of dates of his own. THe movie tells about the everyday scenes of a broken-up couple (who still love each other) who both still living together because they shared an apartment condo that neither of them want to leave....Read full review
"The Breakup" was previewed as a hilarious upbeat romantic comedy of two seemingly perfectly aligned lovers, who embitter as they begin to breakup. A battle ensues over who will possess the condo. Previews lead us to believe that Vince Vaughn, (King of The Fast-Talking Man's Man) and Jennifer Aniston (Starlett of Screen Comedy -- For Now), will examine this disintegration and find their way back to a better life together and rekindle a dying flame. WRONG !!!! This movie is far from entertaining, as you are subjected to viewing, not a battle of wills, but a battle of serious cruelty towards one another. Aniston tries is some deranged cockeyed way to win Vaughn's affections back by parading men in front of him she clearly expresses she will sleep with; and lonely scenes of Vaughn sitting in a darkened empty livingroom, filled with their former happy memories in framed pictures, watching her from a window, face ingratiated in the angst his heart is wretching in visible in his face, and then drowning his wretched soul in Vodka "ain't funny". It's depressing and far too realistic to be a comedy. "The Breakup" should have been advertised as what it really is: "The Most Depressing Realistic Movie of a Gut-Wrenching, Sorrowful and Mean-Spirited Pair of People The Year Has To Offer." -- I found myself screaming inside my head, "STOP! Talk to each other.... Communicate" -- The hurt doesn't end there as each character's very souls are pummeled by demoralizing insults, actions and harm. I wanted to reach into the movie and make them sit down and talk....alas they don't -- and you will watch them walk away from each other. After witnessing their real love for each other be dragged through the sidewalk sores without regret. Scenes like Aniston standing alone in the empty livingroom and diningroom, tears in her eyes, make you beg the misery to stop. If you love each other, STOP !!!! The point may in fact have been to make you realize that neither character is meant to be liked, therein you never can take a side....but that only made it WORSE!!!! Now you helplessly watch two people go out of their way to hurt each other more and more....and never resolve it. And knowing they really do love one another, (which is strongly revealed in side-scenes where each confides in their own best friends that they love the other but their hurtful actions will "turn the other around and that person will now realize this needs to be fixed" -- WHAT??!! -- It makes you ask: Movies are supposed to be entertaining. If I wanted to end up this distressed or feeling emotionally depressed over the high degree of soul-pummeling hurt this movie displays, I can watch the NEWS or call my EX !!!! -- Skip this one and go out for the night. You'll come home happier.Read full review
I like Jennifer Aniston, but that isn't why I give it 4 stars. :) I really thought this movie was pretty good. It's not as good as Derailed, but I still stayed very interested throughout. From the beginning, I was convinced that they were a couple totally in love, and I really came to care for these characters. What happens is, she breaks up with him, he reacts harshly, and although they really still are in love, they continue this ongoing fight out of pride...(neither person wants to be the one to swallow thier pride.) May I add that through all of this, they continue to live together in the condo they purchased together...neither can afford to live on thier own, so they continue living together...and fighting together. *SPOILER* Vince Vaughn appears to be the uncaring one, and when his buddy points this out to him, he honestly tries to make a change, then Jennifer Aniston....turns him away !!! THIS upset me, I really thought they were going to get back together, and was very dissapointed that they didn't. At the ending however, we ARE left thinking that maybe they will reunite afterall. I really did like the acting, and as I said, I like Jennifer Aniston, so maybe I was a little less critical toward the movie. I really honestly thought it was entertaining.Read full review
I purchased this DVD because I am from Chicago and this movie was filmed and takes plce in Chicago. Many areas of the city are featured and seeing them again brought back fond memories. In fact, I am writing this review from Chicago. I was so homesick after seeing this movie I booked a trip to Chicago and I'm having a wonderful time. By the way, the movie is fun to watch but I must say I take the side of Jennifer Aniston in the film. Vince's character needs to be less self centered and become aware of the feelings of others.
You don't have to have experienced a dramatic break up to appriciate and enjoy this film. Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn are able to effectively capture all the little nuances of male/female relationships. Anyone who has had any kind of relationship with the opposite sex will be able to relate to some, if not all of the scenes in this movie. The plot is simple, but very well acted and thoroughly enjoyable. This movie would make for an excellent date.
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