Movie Review: The Breakup: A Film Student's P.O.V. On the New Release

With Hollywood's power couple taking over most of your tabloid press and entertainment variety news shows, there has been a buzz about this movie since it was reported that there was a case of life imitating art involved. It's no secret, well, except to the Vaughn and Aniston camps, that these two have been one of the hottest new power couples, but does this translate well onto the big screen?

I'll admit. Going in, I have my own bias' going. However, all of the biased aside, I felt that this comedy offered its share of moments and scenes that made you just giggle, or sometimes outright laugh out loud inside the theater. Jennifer Aniston plays Brooke Meyers, a Chicago woman working in an art gallery, who becomes smitten with Vaughn's character, Gary Grobowski. 

Gary is a tour guide in Chicago and is regarded as one of the best and most popular, which actually is lent an etreme amount of credibility by Vaughn's seemingly off the top delivery. After a fight, they break-up, only to have the dilemma of splitting the condo that they purchased together. You can imagine the types of things that happen between the two of them while trying to resolve the problems. Friendships, personal space, and in some cases, dignity is thrown right out the window.

There are a number of factors that made this movie interesting for me:

1.) There is an undeniable chemistry between Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. Whether or not it had to do with the couple's alleged off -screen romance, it has yet to be confirmed. What I can confirm is that the two definitely work well together in this film. The perfect mix of Vince Vaughn quick-wit and fast jabs combined with the very well-timed reactory acting by Aniston most often leave you in a state of shock or laughing. 

For her part, Jennifer Aniston really holds her own well against the quick Vaughn and is able to get in a few jabs. It obvious that she's not up to speed at some moments, but not enough to ruin key moments. She seems to, at times, be genuinely shocked at the barbs delivered by Vaughn, but they really mesh together well.