The Break-Up (2006)

Regisseur:

Peyton Reed

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Jeremy Garelick (screenplay) &
Jay Lavender (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

2. Juni 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

. . . pick a side.

Plot:

In a bid to keep their luxurious condo from their significant other, a couple's break-up proceeds to get uglier and nastier by the moment.

Plot Keywords:

Breakup | Bare Butt | Chicago Illinois | Bowling | Female Nudity

Filmpreise:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Decent drama ruined by stupid comedy

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 26

2:45 PM

HBO

Besetzung

Vince Vaughn	...	Gary Grobowski
Jennifer Aniston	...	Brooke Meyers
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Addie
Cole Hauser	...	Lupus Grobowski
Jon Favreau	...	Johnny O
Jason Bateman	...	Riggleman
Judy Davis	...	Marilyn Dean
Justin Long	...	Christopher
Ivan Sergei	...	Carson Wigham
John Michael Higgins	...	Richard Meyers
Ann-Margret	...	Wendy Meyers
Vernon Vaughn	...	Howard Meyers
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Dennis Grobowski
Elaine Robinson	...	Carol Grobowski
Jane Alderman	...	Mrs. Grobowski

Alternativ:

Trennung mit Hindernissen (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, some nudity and language.

Länge:

USA:105 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Altersfreigabe:

Ireland:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42432) | Netherlands:MG6 | Italy:T | Brazil:14 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | UK:12A | Argentina:Atp | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:AL | Hungary:14 | Malaysia:U | Philippines:R-13 | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 | Iceland:L

Drehorte:

Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Firma:

Universal Pictures

Dies und das:

The Old97's are performing their song 'Time Bomb' while Brooke is waiting for Gary at the concert. The Old97's also played the same song during the opening credits of another Vince Vaughn movie, Clay Pigeons (1998).

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Gary is at the bar near the end of the movie talking with the bartender, his napkin under his beer disappears and later reappears between shots.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Gary: Come on, come on, come on.
Johnny O: All right, here we go.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in The Making of 'The Break-Up' (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Well Well

Decent drama ruined by stupid comedy

The dramatic bits in this movie I thought were much better than the loud obnoxious comedy. This should have been a drama with some comedy sprinkled in, it would have worked much better. Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston were clearly up to the task because their acting was pretty good during the dramatic parts, if a little over the top.

Every other character in "The Break-Up" was an obnoxious clown. Why does everyone have to yell or talk too loud? Yelling your lines doesn't equal funny. The male characters were borderline retarded as usual. The females were basically non-existent besides Aniston. The only character who acted like a normal human being was the one guy of course Aniston didn't seem to like romantically. Figures.

The A Capella group was one of the most awful, tortuous things I ever seen or heard. Vince Vaughn can be funny, but mostly when he calms down for two seconds, which doesn't happen too often. Why did these two like each other in the first place? They had zero chemistry or anything in common. The only time they were happy is in photographs at the beginning of the movie. That's all we have to go on to establish their relationship. Otherwise the entire movie these two despise each other. So the whole premise of the movie makes no sense. There's no tension since they hate each other anyway, who cares if they get back together.

Very few people in the movie business knows how to write dialog. Every director and screenwriter should be required to watch the movie "Before Sunset" with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. You want to hear great dialog? That's it. I saw that movie recently and basically most movies now seem worthless and stupid in comparison, including this one.