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"Someone should alert that bloviating Bill O'Reilly that, between this film and last year's "Fred Claus," Vince Vaughn is launching his own one-man attack on Christmas. In "Four Christmases" he stars as Brad, a self-involved yuppie who marks the holiday by lying to his family about helping the underprivileged so that he and his live-in girlfriend Kate (played by Reese Witherspoon) can jet off to a tropical paradise. When a dense fog blankets the airport, their cancelled flight leads them into the homes and hearths of their various families. It follows the standard "Meet the Parents" formula, as their numerous familial oddities are trotted out and past skeletons unearthed, much to the cutesy couple's dismay. Each scenario is less amusing than the last. And, as Robert DeNiro demonstrated in the above-mentioned film, “Christmases” is quick to populate former serious actors in the wacky parents' roles (Look, it's Robert "
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The Break-Up (2006)
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"Don´t be fooled: "The Break-Up" isn´t a comedy, no matter how hard the trailers and TV commercials may try to make it into one. That misdirection is both a blessing and a curse for this new Jennifer Aniston/Vince Vaughan flick. In one sense, advertising this two-hour endeavor as a comedy was a stroke of marketing genius. After all, this is the summer and "The Break-Up" is competing against a great many dramatic and action movies: "X-Men: The Last Stand", "The DaVinci Code" and "Mission Impossible III". Playing up the comedic aspects of "The Break-Up" works to get bodies in the seats. But once those people are committed to watching the movie and find out this isn´t a laugh-a-minute story along the lines of "Friends", they´re going to be upset. In another, the brutal truth of the things Gary and Brooke say to one another is as realistic as they come. In progressively outlandish stunts to make the other jealous, they hurt each other in ways only two people i ... "
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Made my fav list!
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"I absolutely loved this movie.... Vince Vaughn is a great actor, very funny and Jennifer Aniston could never get on my nerves, lol.... This movie was perfect in all aspects, it covered what might have been a real-life relationship. The ending was totally unexpected, by me anyway, usually these types of movies end with making up and living happily ever after! I have to admit it made me cry.... it made it on my favs list instantly!! "
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Realistic Relationship movies.. ...
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"I am a sucker for romantic comedies and for movies that depcit relationships. I generally date woman that love these films in the genre of " Chick Flicks!". However, sometimes these movies sometimes give a false sense that no matter what happens, when boy meets girl and boy loses girl, boy will eventually get girl back. However, as we all know who have dated real people, that is the furtherest form the truth. So, here is my part one of movies that depict real life and real relationships. While they are maybe not genre busting films, they do portray reality in stark vision. 1. Closer: What can be said about this film. This is a love it or hate it flick. You either understand the raw image of relationships and what it takes to maintain them or you hate it becuase you cannot accept reality in their escapes. What this movie does is show that life and love sometimes sucks. However, it never martyrs itself. It never offers itself for death by burning at the stake. Love and ... "
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The Break-Up
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"By Tricia Olszewski Consider it the definitive answer to all that are-they-or-aren’t-they stuff: The kickoff conflict in Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn’s tabloid-driven ballyhoo, The Break-Up, includes the sentiment “It’s not that I want you to do the dishes. I want you to want to do the dishes.” That’s the kind of thing only a real-life girlfriend could say, don’t you think? Aniston’s Brooke, a stylish art-museum employee, is rightfully furious when her longtime beau, Vaughn’s guy’s-guy tour guide Gary, heads right to the couch to play video games both before and after an elegant dinner party for which she did all the work. And even though Gary has a valid point about just wanting to relax for a bit when he gets home—plus a sorta-valid yet beside-the-point point in “Why would I want to do the dishes?”—Brooke announces that she’s had enough and, big surprise, breaks up with him. Except tha ... "
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Another disappointing Jennifer ...
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"I have to say I was highly anticipating seeing the Break Up as my sister was living in Chicago during filming and they were in her neighborhood. I waited until it hit the video shelves to see it. After seeing the previews I thought it was going to be hilariouosly funny and that I would be able to relate to it.. Unfortunately I was left disappointed...it wasn't quite what I expected..and I thought once again Jennifer Aniston is playing another typecast role. I would love to see her do something out of the ordinary than the typical almost 'Friends-esque Rachel' role. I felt like I was standing in the middle of someone's fight...which I get is the point of the movie and I am not knocking that..it just lacked something..or maybe my hopes were set too high expecting something different. "
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Movie Marathon-The Break Up
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"Ok, so to kick off my movie marathon weekend I thought would start with The Break Up. Not bad over all. I will probably buy it since it is one of those movies you could watch over and over and not be bored(that and I love Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn). It was funny in all the right spots, yet bitterly sad in all the right spots. As someone who has just recently been in this situation I could totally relate to all the experiences Brooke was going through. I felt an emotional connection with both the characters. This is one of those movies that really puts you in their shoes because is was so realistic. I mean there are so many couples out there that are going through this same thing. In my opinion, this should be in the hands of every couple who is going through a break up like this (along with all the break up music we all listen to, girls you know what I am talking about) who needs a good laugh and needs to feel like they are not the only ones who go through this in life. Th ... "
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It was almost a 3 star
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"It was almost a 3 star. It wasn't unique, it wasn't that memorable, it was a little predictable, it didn't end right...it was pretty much 3 star material. What got me was the fighting...it seemed realistic to me. They actually seemed frustrated at eachother, I could remember feeling that same way at times, and so...it got 4 stars for being realistic. "
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The Break-Up
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"Break up already ! 6/10 Romantic comedies only work when the audience falls in love with the main protagonists. I’m pretty sure that’s why I don’t like Elizabethtown and why I love High Fidelity. The boy/girl in The Break-Up, Gary (Vince Vaughn) and Brooke (Jennifer Aniston) are actually both pretty lovable characters, and we might have rooted for them in another rom-com, but in this film they are so incompatible we just want them to break up.I really loved director Peyton Reed’s last film, the sixties sex comedy homage Down With Love. Just like that film, The Break-Up presents a battle of the sexes, but here it’s not as innocent, playful and enjoyable as it was in Down With Love, instead it’s bitter, vile and painful. That’s not a bad thing per se. I actually liked the first and last parts of the film a lot, as they seemed to offer a realistic and relatable account of a relationship dissolving. A lot of stuff in the middle however had me cringing as I watched these nice characters ... "
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