The Break Up - The worst time you'll have at the movies this year

Last night Connie and I caught an advance showing of The Break Up. I enjoy the occasional romantic comedy. I like Vince Vaughn. I’m not a Jennifer Aniston fan, but I really dug her in Friends With Money. I was ready to give this one a try.

Have you ever been stuck in a room, car, etc. with a quarreling couple? That’s exactly what watching this movie is like. It’s zero percent fun. Vaughn has some funny lines early on, but not enough to warrant sitting through this.

Two lead characters who you really couldn’t care less about + Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, and a few others wasted in useless extended cameos + not many laughs + lots of yelling and crying = a miserable time at the movies.

In the end, the movie wants you to feel sorry for Vaughn and Aniston’s characters. Want to know who I feel sorry for? I feel sorry for the thousands of guys who will get roped into seeing this movie over the weekend.

Posted by chuck at May 31, 2006 10:15 AM

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I didnt see it yet, but I concur. Nell and I watched Swingers a few nights ago and we were laughing that in 10 years time it has taken mainstream america to recognize Vaughn for his machine gun patter and sensibility as a cad and be paid 20 million dollars for it.

Those dudes are so washed up before they even got started, The “Frat Pack” of Stiller, Ferrell, Wilson, and Vaughn. Terrible. I even felt the Wedding Crashers was the beginning of the end of that racket even being remotely, whimpering, cool.

This kind of stuff is like the decline of Dan Akroyd or Bill Murray in that Elephant movie. It’s nice money, I dont fault them, but what a crappy way to burn your schtick out quick.

Posted by: Andy at May 31, 2006 12:46 PM

Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby is the last hope. I firmly believe this. Judd Apatow and Adam McKay and Ferrell. There is hope.

However, I am reminded of Will Ferrell in Bewitched. C’mon Hollywood hotshot. Explain how stuff like that gets made? Is it really as simple as, we got this script of a famous old TV show and it’s written by a successful woman writer we’ve had luck with in the past. Is it really that easy?

Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2006 1:39 PM

It really is that easy, unfortunately.

Posted by: Andy at May 31, 2006 3:29 PM