Product Description

Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston star in the charming and unpredictable comedy The Break-Up. After two years together Gary and Brooke s relationship seems to have taken a comical wrong turn on the way to happily ever after. Now the break-up is on the lines have been drawn and their honest feelings for each other are coming out. Get ready for an all-out war of the exes in this fun date movie that s hilarious and heartfelt.System Requirements:Running Time 107 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 025192846526 Manufacturer No: 61028465

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4757 in DVD
• Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
• Released on: 2006-10-17
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 107 minutes

Amazon.com
The combined star power of Vince Vaughn (Wedding Crashers, Swingers) and Jennifer Aniston (Bruce Almighty, The Good Girl) makes The Break-Up a high-profile romantic comedy. Gary (Vaughn) and Brooke (Aniston) find that their brittle relationship may have reached the breaking point--but neither is willing to give up the condo they co-own. As their fighting grows increasingly bitter, neither is sure if they're fighting to get out of the relationship or to save it. The Break-Up is an odd combination of realistic scenes that capture the harsh yet human ways that lovers can hurt each other, and broad comic scenes with a more farcical edge. Both types of scenes are entertaining on their own terms--the movie is never boring--but they don't fully mesh, and as a result it's hard to engage emotionally with either Gary or Brooke. But the sterling supporting cast--including Jon Favreau (Wimbledon), Cole Hauser (The Cave), Joey Lauren Adams (Chasing Amy), John Michael Higgins (A Mighty Wind), Justin Long (Dodgeball), Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), Vincent D'Onofrio (Happy Accidents), and the ever-delirious Judy Davis (Husbands and Wives)--give every scene they're in a boost of comic energy. An uneven but enjoyable movie that may suffer from viewers having overly high expectations due to Vaughn and Aniston's celebrity. --Bret Fetzer

On the DVD
If you ever want a complete Cliff's Notes interpretation of a movie, get Vince Vaughn to do the commentary. The actor (and in this case, producer and writer of the story) painstakingly explains the meaning behind every story decision, bit of dialogue, and sidelong glance in the movie ("See, he plays video games because it's comfortable for him--he loves to have control."). Jennifer Aniston joins him on the commentary, but has little to say but agree with his nonstop play-by-play. Gossipmongers looking for any extra chemistry indicating the Vaughniston romance will be disappointed, though Vaughn wisely makes no reference to his past dating history with co-star Joey Lauren Adams, who plays Aniston's best friend. Only director Peyton Reed, in a separate commentary track, makes an allusion: that he was hesitant about sending Aniston a script called The Break-Up in the middle of her divorce from Brad Pitt.

There's clearly a fondness for the city of Chicago (where the movie is set), the subject of a feature hosted by the Three Brothers (the fictional tourism business run by Vaughn's character). Castmates Cole Hauser and Jon Favreau also pitch in to showcase famous Chicago haunts. There's also a behind-the-scenes doc on the Tone Rangers, the a capella group formed by John Michael Higgins in the movie, a number of extended scenes and outtakes, and a silly "alternate ending" that thankfully, stayed alternate. But the best feature is the unedited footage of Vaughn and Favreau riffing various takes during a bar scene. Watching it can get tedious after the eighth go-around, but fans of the pair (who co-starred in Swingers and Made) will be fascinated watching them organically grow a hilarious scene through improvisation. --Ellen A. Kim

Customer Reviews

Drama - Not a comedy.
I was very surprised by this film. It's the best performance I've seen Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughan ever do in a film on a dramatic level. That being said, I think the first mistake the marketing department and filmmakers made with this movie was call it a "romantic comedy". This is anything but that. This film is a drama with a bit of comedy in it. It's still a drama and probably would've been better received had been sold as that. People were walking in thinking they were seeing a romantic comedy and all they all say was some extremely realistic fight scenes that hit pretty close to home if anyone has been in a love relationship that is combustible.

It's so so
It's worth watching and kind of a funny movie. To be honest I thought it would be much funnier than it was. It's mainly watching the two find new ways to irritate each other, some funny. It's not the greatest movie I've ever seen, but it's not bad. It wasn't very expensive so give it a try you may end up liking it.

Not the movie I was expecting; it's substantially better...
As many have noted already, `The Break-Up' is not your typical romantic comedy. In fact, there is rarely a romantic vibe to be found within its 105 minute timeframe. There's yelling and fighting and humiliation and aggravation and a whole lot of tension, but underneath all of that there beats a heart that is real and raw and overall very, very inviting. It's inviting because it feels true. What I really respect about `The Break-Up' is that it doesn't sugarcoat anything; even the ending is far from your typical Hollywood `happy' ending. As much as this movie is classified a `romantic comedy', and as much as it is about two people presumably in love and as much as it is, at times, very funny, `The Break-Up' is more in the vein of `The Family Stone'; a dramedy with very serious overtones.

The couple in question is Gary and Brooke. Gary is pretty much an overgrown child who works with his two brothers running a Chicago touring company. Brooke is an aspiring artist who obviously is more well-mannered than Gary and only wishes that he would act his age every once in a while. After a blowout the two of them decide to separate but are inadvertently forced to remain together since neither is willing to give up their condo. Brooke, who still loves Gary, tries her hardest to make him realize he has nothing without her. She turns his friends against him and flaunts her dates in his face and pretty much humiliates him whenever possible. Gary retaliates by treating her friends like garbage and corrupting her dates and standing her up. They react like children, yet when you watch them you see this glimpse into their soul.

Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn are great here. Vaughn is really coming into his own these past couple of years, breaking back into the main stream and becoming a `go-to-guy' in Hollywood. He's likable and funny and charming and very believable. Even though Gary is an overgrown child we still feel affection for him; at times even more so than for Brooke. Aniston does a great job as well with Brooke. She plays her very authentically. She reacts like most women in her position probably would. She loves Gary and wants to be with him; she just wants him to realize he needs to change in order to make things work. She doesn't always go about it the best way but her intentions are pure.

The supporting cast also help to elevate this movie. Joey Lauren Adams (I love this girl) is sweet and kind and possesses this genuine beauty that draws me to her. Jon Favreau is the most likable of Gary's friends and serves to help Gary see the folly of his way so-to-speak. Cole Hauser and Vincent D'Onofrio do a fine job as Gary's very different brothers and Justin Long is hilarious as Brooke's co-worker. Judy Davis is memorable as Marilyn Dean, Brooke's boss and John Michael Higgins is the supreme scene stealer as Brooke's show-tune-singing brother.

In the end `The Break-Up' is written with an honesty I didn't expect to come from a `quote-unquote' romantic comedy. The actors all get inside their characters in order to flesh them out for us and deliver their lines with real intensity and believable passion. I highly recommend this film.