Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
5 |
...watching the movie is like being on a double-date from hell. |
Chicago Tribune
Jessica Reaves |
6 |
...neither romantic nor particularly comedic. |
E!
|
8 |
...intermittently funny and resonant... |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
4 |
...a solid argument against real-life couples being allowed to play opposite each other in purportedly romantic films... |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
4 |
...a poorly written and directed "unromantic comedy"... |
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh |
5 |
Though Aniston and Vaughn began dating on set, they strike no visible on-screen sparks and can't begin to make their characters -- a strident whiner and a self-centered boor -- appealing. |
Reel
Gary Goldstein |
7 |
...audience reaction to The Break-Up will mostly depend on how much sympathy the film's prickly lead couple...can ultimately drum up for their plight. |
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager |
4 |
...a klutzy, limp, and largely laugh-free rom-com... |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
6 |
Until a cop-out ending, this is War of the Roses territory, where laughs take no prisoners. |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
5 |
..a synthetically hostile he said/ she said cartoon of a romantic comedy... |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
4 |
...feels dull and trivial. |
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano |
7 |
I'd be happy to see it listed in an in-flight magazine, but Annie Hall it's not. |
People
Leah Rozen |
7 |
You'll laugh, you'll cry and, for the first romantic comedy in a long while, you'll relate. |
LA Weekly
Joe Donnelly |
3 |
Sadly, The Break-Up is simply an exercise in confusion. To call it erratic would be to imply there was a course it went off, but the film's intentions are impossible to fathom. It's a romantic comedy in which the romance comes stillborn and in which the comedy barely exists beyond the few moments when Vince Vaughn is set free to do the kind of free-association wordplay he's made his name on. |
Village Voice
Carla Blumenkranz |
4 |
...a dull show of falling apart. |
Onion AV Club
Keith Phipps |
4 |
...a virtually laugh-free comedy about two people taking way too long to figure out what audience members know from the credits on: They don't belong together. |
Maxim
Pete Hammond |
8 |
...the first chick flick guys are going to like better than their girlfriends. |
Premiere
Marie Iida |
5 |
...proves there is nothing particularly funny or charming about two people splitting up, even if the couple is played by Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. |
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer |
4 |
...is about relationships, but it looks like it was made by people who have never been in one. |
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