2006 · romance · comedy
The Break-Up
1h 46m2006
Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest 'why can't you do this one little thing for me?' argument, Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. What follows is a hilarious series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and undermining tricks – all encouraged by the former couple's friends and confidantes …and the occasional total stranger! When neither ex is willing to move out of their shared apartment, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until one of them reaches breaking point.
Our read: The Break-Up (2006) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded romance · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, measured romance / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- tender
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