Rotten
Scenes meant to play as breezy and hip are more often just annoying.
Tom Russo, Boston Globe
Overview
'Breaking Upwards' explores a young, real-life New York couple who, four years in and battling codependency, decide to intricately strategize their own break up. Based on an actual experiment devised by director/actor Daryl Wein and actress Zoe Lister-Jones, the film loosely interprets a year in their lives exploring alternatives to monogamy, and the madness that ensues. An uncensored look at young love, lust, and the pangs of codependency, 'Breaking Upwards' follows its characters as they navigate each others' emotions across the city they love. It begs the question: is it ever possible to grow apart together?
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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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Rotten
Breaking Upwards has its amusing and touching moments, but we're left wondering just what we're supposed to make of it all.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Comes knocking at the door like a wolf in sheep's clothing, draping reality in a fictional romantic comedy about a twentysomething NYC couple named Daryl and Zoe whose relationship is coming apart.
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
While Alex Bergman's photography is often impressive, Wein's editing has the short attention span of a Hollywood movie, without the accompanying cocaine rush.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Rotten
Much ado about a very rote situation, with a hammy excess of New York Jewish shtick (lead offender: Andrea Martin as Zoe's kvetching mom).
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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