The Break-Up

Film: The Break-Up
Director: Peyton Reed
Year: 2006
Quick Glance:
A couple's relationship dissolves
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The breakup a film more famous for the "break up" with Brad and Jennifer, turns out to be a pretty fun flick. Although the film was fun, it was almost like watching two people dig them selves deeper and deeper. Like a horror film, i felt like shouting out several times "watch out!", "dont do that!" But in the end the break up ended and it was neither happy nor particularly sad. Over all the film was funny with laughs, but under the facade was a story of the pain of breaking up. It made me think about my relationship and reflecting on the problem parts of most relationships. And in the end no matter how many laughs, the film was about loss.

This film did an excellent job allowing the underlying sadness about break ups and loss to be maintained although the film was pretty lighthearted. It was not your typical love story, if it could be considered a love story at all. And in the end you hope for the best, but you know no matter what, it was over.