In amongst the conveyor-belt of dreadful and repetitive Hollywood comedies, I finally found something of actual quality. What separates The Break-Up from the usual claptrap is the fact that it has a thoroughly believable love story at the centre of it. Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Anniston both give career-best performances (in my opinion anyway) and the terrain of a relationship breakdown is explored delicately and authentically. There was an episode of Friends where the relationship between Ross and Rachel comes to an abrupt end and the quality of acting from Anniston and David Schwimmer was exceptional. The Break-Up is kind of like a movie-length version of that episode.
On top of that, there is plenty of good comedy without all the toilet humour and sex jokes that plague these type of rom-coms. Vaughn is the only member of the infamous 'fratpack' who has any actual comedic talent and it shows here.
I also love the way the story wraps up which is refreshingly realistic. The writers chose not to take the expected route and the film is all the better for it. If this movie was a piece of foreign cinema with unknown actors, I'm confident it would be rated an awful lot higher.
On top of that, there is plenty of good comedy without all the toilet humour and sex jokes that plague these type of rom-coms. Vaughn is the only member of the infamous 'fratpack' who has any actual comedic talent and it shows here.
I also love the way the story wraps up which is refreshingly realistic. The writers chose not to take the expected route and the film is all the better for it. If this movie was a piece of foreign cinema with unknown actors, I'm confident it would be rated an awful lot higher.