The Break Up

The Break Up

Romantic Comedy. Pushed to the breaking-point after their latest, “why can’t you do this one little thing for me?” argument, art dealer Brooke (Jennifer Aniston) calls it quits with her boyfriend, Gary (Vince Vaughn), who hosts bus tours of Chicago. What follows is a series of remedies, war tactics, overtures, and undermining suggested by the former couple’s friends, confidantes and the occasional total stranger. 105 minutes. MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content, some nudity and language).

Official Movie Site: www.thebreakupmovie.net

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	Go See It (Four Stars)

Ladies and Gentlemen this is not a fairy tale, however it is a very enjoyable and extremely realistic look into a the lives of Gary (Vince Vaughn) and Brooke (Jennifer Aniston), and or should I say into their break up.

The opening scene with the hot dog guy where Gary hits on Brooke is hilarious and sets the tone for their relationship -- he's full of funny quips and she a beautiful girl who finds him amusing. Their on screen chemistry is spectacular, I also love their paring for this film in that Gary is a bit chubby and Brooke is hot as hell and yet still is still very much in love with him.

I have always been a big fan of Vince Vaughn and always thought that Jennifer Aniston was amazingly beautiful however that she couldn't act to save her life. That is unless she was acting as her self, or Rachael from TV's Friends. In this movie she played a very true to every day life character, and it was indeed believable. Their relationship was normal, and they had normal/typical arguments yet after they started to pile up and she got fed up they broke up.

I found that I became compassionate to Jennifer Aniston and her internal workings as she tried to figure out what her next move would be, even if her next move was not the best of moves at all, where instead of playing chess with their lives they should have just had open and honest communication.

I should also tell you the supporting cast is phenomenal, Joey Lauren Adams who plays Brooke's best friend (Maddie) and the super hot bear Jon Favreau who plays Gary's best friend (Johnny) are both great in their roles as advice givers. In fact if you can wait till the scene where Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn are in the bar and Jon is wearing the Club Med T-Shirt he gives the most incredible advice, and I was most impressed.

This movie is full of super funny one liners and here is my favorite: Brooke and Gary are fighting and they are taking jabs at each others family and Gary calls her sister a slut and she said. "My sister has been through a lot" and he says "Of Dick"

This movie is truly enjoyable, you will definitely laugh and most importantly you will relate and understand even if the outcome is not exactly a romantic comedy as it has lead you to believe. It was psychologically accurate and had incredible dialog with battling wits, and even though you see the flaws in each character you cannot help but love them and sympathize with them.

PS. there is a super queenie gay guy as the receptionist at Brooke's job and he wears heavy lip gloss, can be annoying and yet fun.