The Break-Up (2006)

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Written by Jeremy Garelick, Jay Lavender

Directed by Peyton Reed

Running Time: 103 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 2006

Rating: 12 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Released in 2006, this so-so rom-com starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, picked up a lot of press coverage well before it came out. Hardly surprising, considering that the film was about a couple breaking up and it was released shortly after Jennifer Aniston's real-life break-up with husband Brad Pitt. Not only that, but while making the film, Aniston found solace in the arms of the film's co-star Vaughn, who she dated for a while.

So what have we got? Brooke (Aniston) and Gary (Vaughn) are complete opposites, but this doesn't stop them falling in love and buying a Chicago condo together. It all seems like a pretty picture, until the day Gary doesn't buy enough lemons for their dinner party.

A petty argument escalates into a full-scale break-up and, when neither of them gives up their apartment, it becomes a war of attrition. In the red corner, Gary parties in the living room with hookers and his pals; in the blue corner, Brooke dates a string of gorgeous men and parades around naked. There's great chemistry between the two leads, even when firing barbed comments and acid insults at each other.

Cast

Image for Vince VaughnVince VaughnGary Grobowski
Image for Jennifer AnistonJennifer AnistonBrooke Meyers
Joey Lauren AdamsAddie
Image for Jon FavreauJon FavreauJohnny O
Image for Jason BatemanJason BatemanRiggleman
Judy DavisMarilyn Dean
Image for Justin LongJustin LongChristopher
Ivan SergeiCarson Wigham
John Michael HigginsRichard Meyers
Ann-MargretWendy Meyers
Vernon VaughnHoward Meyers
Image for Cole HauserCole HauserLupus Grobowski
Image for Vincent DVincent D'OnofrioDennis Grobowski
Elaine RobinsonCarol Grobowski
Jane AldermanMrs. Grobowski

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