As per usual this movie was marketed as a comendy and IT ISN'T. Why do they wish to mislead the audience so much!? Duh! Because they want us to spend money on the movie even if it means that we regret it! I remember my sister and I were absolutely starving for a good comedy and the previews looked somewhat promising and I'm a fan of Jennifer Aniston and I guess you could say Vince Vaughn as well. I swear as I was sitting in the theater I kept expecting it to take a turn that would put it on the track I expected it to go on. But it never does. You would think something unexpected would be good, but it isn't.Sadly, this movie is sad. S A D. First, because of the breakup and then the heartache that follows, but also because of the comedy that was attempted and failed horribly. I found myself thinking will this scene ever end!? Multiple times. It's just going and going and going and they expect us to find it funny, but it's actually horrible and painful to sit through. Speaking of painful -that ending! What even was that? They left it so open to interpretation. I really wish they would have given us more of an idea of whether or not they would possibly reconcile. I'm guessing not. I really hate movies that don't have a definitive ending.I wanted to love it, but unfortunately I didn't even like it.

The current situation in America has been summed up well by this movie. Relationships are completely one sided. Yep, I said it. You women are spoiled rotten. Let's review here. A guy doesn't want to do the dishes. His girl retaliates by doing horrible things to him. She kicks him off his bowling team and makes him walk out of the bowling alley 1/2 naked. Try reversing those roles! This movie clearly shows that women can be pure evil to a man and it's okay because she's a girl. Nonsense. She then has him attacked by her brother in his own home. He retaliates by not wanting to be in a relationship with her anymore. She responds by being meaner and meaner to him in an insane attempt to fix the relationship. Insanity! They then both parade other lovers in front of each other and in the end the guy still somehow wants the woman. This movie sums up the incredibly lopsided state of relationships in America. This movie is a sad statement of affairs in this country.

"The Break-Up" is an American English-language film from 2006, so this one had its 10th anniversary last year. It was directed by Peyton Reed, who was in the headlines not too long ago thanks to the new Ant-Man movie. The script comes from Jeremy Garelick and Jay Lavender and for both of them, this 100-minute film is probably still their most known work. Which really says nothing positive in their favor. The reason for that is that this film we have here is the epitome of a forgettable romantic comedy. Most of the jokes aren't working at all and I personally found it difficult honestly to like any of the two protagonists, let alone cheer for them. It also proves than Vince Vaughn is not lead actor material at all and that Jennifer Aniston, no matter how much of a sweetheart and darling she may be, is no lead actress material either. At least if we go by 2006 standards. I have not seen her more recent work like the one film that she almost got Oscar-nominated for.Anyway, the story here is about a couple on the verge of split-up throughout the entire film and they are basically only still somewhat together because neither wants to give up on their amazing apartment. So what is the solution? Both give up on it. Doesn't make any sense to be honest. Besides, the comedy relies on stuff like Aniston's character running around naked after they basically split up already to get him horny and maybe agree to leave the house to get away from his ex provoking him, but not letting him get any. Or him playing video games for hours with her new potential boyfriends. It's just not entertaining. Quality actors like Davis, D'Onofrio and Bateman (actually all better than the leads) are wasted for pointless supporting characters that add nothing to the story, perhaps in a desperate attempt by the filmmakers to prove to us that Aniston and Vaughn are on a higher level. They may be bigger names, but they just don't have the range. Anyway, with the ending they probably tried to be creative and actually make a dramatic impact also with them actually splitting up as one could have thought throughout the entire film that they may get together again. But of course, they weren't bold enough to really go for it all and instead include an uninspired fake happy ending in which the romantically hopeless (I am not talking actual romantics, but just the desperate) can think that they are really getting back together in fact. Of course these are the ones who also consider Jennifer Aniston one of the best actresses from her generation. Four stars out of ten is still extremely generous for this really bad film. I recommend to stay far far away.

"The Break up" is a film that incorporates a real life situation into a film that is relatable and well rounded. This film produces a new look at relationships and the hardships that are bound to come between two people. The director interestingly takes a new, and innovative approach on this film by not making it a happy ending story, but in fact making it a sad ending where neither person in the couple regains what they truly want--each other. The director continuously reinforces the idea that couples aren't always happy and go through trials just like everyone else. By doing this, it makes the film a more relatable thing to watch for an older audience. Although this film is overall an enjoyable film to watch, I would not consider it classic or a very popular film. Though in it's time it may have been very popular amongst adults and teenagers, it's overall value has decreased with time. Many think this is due to the fact that the film is too generic with no real 'closure' at the end of the film. Others speculate that it's just another relationship movie. I believe this film decreased in popularity due to both of these reasons. It attracts many of the older audience to this film, but once you've seen it, you've seen it and there's not much more to gain. Overall, I believe this film holds many morals and messages within it. All relationships have problems at one point or another and I believe this film explores those ideas fairly well. It teaches us that if you love someone, you sacrifice what you want to make the other person happy. It's also equally important that both partners are emotionally satisfied in the relationship in order for it to work out in the end for both parties. The director installations that in his film by getting a deeper look of the phases couples go through after a break up, which made the film stronger in the long run.The director in this film did a good job of showing the internal conflict of both the people in the relationship and how that affected the well being of the external conflict. By showing both sides of this relationship and how both people thought out their next move, it brought to light many of the questions people have in their own relationship. Brooke's internal conflict was feeling unappreciated in the relationship, and Gary's internal conflict was being confused and wanting freedom. Both of these problems contributed to the bridged external conflict, the break up and the aftermath it left on their friends and family. The director brought to light these two characters equally into the plot, which strengthened the audience's connection to both characters. This film explores relationships and the struggles one goes through very well. I would recommend this movie and give it a 7 on the wow scale.