The Break-Up Reviews
ComingSoon.net
The Break-Up is a funny and light comedy, but it tries to be something a bit more without being something a bit more, hampered by shoddy characterization, ending up a bit empty.
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| Original Score: 7/10
ColeSmithey.com
"The Break-Up" comes with a slap and a kiss that's at once bracing and pleasing.
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| Original Score: B-
BrandonFibbs.com
A word of caution to anyone heading off to see The Break-Up with the assumption that it is a romantic comedy: this is not a comedy movie with a serious side -- it is a serious movie with a comedic side.
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| Original Score: 6/10
Top Critic"The Break-Up": A brilliantly uncompromising, often harsh but very accurate examination of a relationship unraveling
Providence American
Right up there with the best of the revenge genre, and earns praise from this critic for its sophisticated brand of humor which kept me in stitches from start to finish.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Movies for the Masses
full review in Greek
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| Original Score: 3/5
Now Playing Magazine
There's nothing broken about The Break-Up, which turns rom-com conventions on their side in free-wheeling fashion, and in doing so colorfully, wittily celebrates what it is about men and women that both attract one another and drives us crazy.
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| Original Score: B+
3BlackChicks Review
A little broken, but worth the viewing.
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| Original Score: 3/5
FilmFocus
It's still very much a quick and painless Hollywood production, what slight genius there is in its premise dulled by the sheen of the high production values and its prettier-than-pretty cast.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Daily Mirror [UK]
It's never less than entertaining and the chemistry between our two leads, whatever their personal circumstances, really holds things together.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Empire Magazine
The Break-Up doesn't turn the rom-com on its head, but with its focus on the darker side of love manages to gently tip it on its side.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Sharp dialogue and detailed observations make it a good deal funnier than you might expect.
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
While consistently funny, The Break-Up deals in bitterness and revenge, sometimes in ways that cut closer to the bone than most fluffy romantic comedies.
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| Original Score: B
Cinema em Cena
Tende mais a drama com toques cômicos %u2013 e se você entrar no cinema compreendendo isto, certamente terá muito mais facilidade de se envolver com a história.
| Original Score: 4/5
Dark Horizons
Delivers something worthwhile to those open-minded enough to be able to settle with wild shifts between average satire and grounded pathos
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Charlotte Weekly
Every bit as unpleasant as it sounds. But the film's intentions are to examine a separation, and the story achieves its set goals.
| Original Score: 3/4
Cinerina
Oh, did you want to see a Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy? Life isn't always about Hollywood expectations; let's cut Jennifer some slack and enjoy her doing good work.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
It's frustrating, but it's real.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Greenwich Village Gazette
This is a tragedy with laughs, not a comedy.
| Original Score: 2.7/5
MovieCrypt.com
... at least it ends on a more positive note than Closer...
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| Original Score: 2.5/4.0
