The Break-Up
Call The Break-Up a giant cliché or chick flick but sometimes its just what you might need. The film stars, rumored to be couple, Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn as an onscreen couple in the midst of a break-up. They live together, fight about small stupid things, and basically get on each other’s last nerve. The fights and over the top nagging between a bickering couple can at times be funny and, of course, serves as much of the fodder for the films humor. I found the interaction of Aniston and Vaughn to be a little over the top and sometimes annoying.
Vaughn was his comedic back-talking self with a touch of sensitivity which I liked it. I hope that one day I can see him in a completely different type of character but I suppose that his performance in The Break-Up is a good step. Aniston still seems like her Rachel Greene character of Friends fame, but she did play her part in The Break-Up very well.
The onscreen couple of Gary and Brooke seemed realistic but perhaps this was due in part to all the tabloids coverage that the Aniston-Vaughn relationship had received before the film's release. The supporting cast of Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams, and Judy Dean were also great additions to the film. Although some of the situations were over the top, I ended up enjoying this movie. By the way the dvd also has an alternate ending and a theatrical ending that shouldn't be missed.
Personally I am going through a similar situation and the film portrayed what a lot of women and men try to do and think during a break-up situation. The film seemed to be a blue print of what actually does happen, in some form or another, in an actual, real life break-up.
I believe I liked the movie because of the realistic appeal, feel, and overall emotion the film pulls from its audience. The Break-Up is, at first glance easy to dub as a "chick-flick" and, obviously Vaughn was thrown in to appeal to the male segment of the population. In general, however, this is a movie we can all relate to in some fashion or another, as most of us have been through our own break-up.
Story B-
Acting A-
Visuals B
Originality/Innovation B-
Enjoyability Grade B
Overall Grade B
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