Fresh
Sharp dialogue and detailed observations make it a good deal funnier than you might expect.
Anna Smith, Time Out
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Peyton Reed Director
- Vince Vaughn as Gary Grobowski
- Jennifer Aniston as Brooke Meyers
- Joey Lauren Adams as Addie
- Cole Hauser as Lupus Grobowski
- Jon Favreau as Johnny O
- Jason Bateman as Riggleman
- Judy Davis as Marilyn Dean
- Justin Long as Christopher
- Ivan Sergei as Carson Wigham
- John Michael Higgins as Richard Meyers
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
34%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's not a good sign when a movie is called The Break-Up and you can't wait for the couple to split so they'll get some relief from one another, and give the audience some relief from them.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Rotten
One seemingly terminal problem with the casting of Ms. Aniston and Mr. Vaughn is that neither of their careers has featured characters who excelled at one-to-one relationships with the opposite sex.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
Vince Vaughn kills me. Jennifer Aniston, I think, is underrated as a film actress.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
The movie offers nothing funny, just a series of sour situations.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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