The Break-Up (2006)

PR pitch for The Break-Up: “An unconventional romantic comedy”. Too right. For starters, it’s about as romantic as a dose of the clap. Director Peyton Reed (Bring It On, Down With Love) cuts to the chase like an Olympic sprinter: there’s a pre-title cutesy meet-up, followed by a snapshot montage of How It Used To Be. And then straight into the main event: Vince Vaughn versus Jennifer Aniston, 107 minutes of psychological combat for the prize of an admittedly swanky Chicago pad. Weapons of choice? For him, pool tables and strip-poker parties; for her, studly dates and Alanis Morissette at full volume.

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