DVD review: The Break Up

If you've ever been in a relationship where you fight over the same dumb little things over and over: don't watch The Break Up, you'll start having flashbacks. Unfortunately for our couple in question they never do anything to make changes to avoid the next round of petty conflicts. Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston are apparently a real life couple off camera, let's hope that they are nicer to each other in reality. Though the DVD cover claims "The funniest movie of the year", there is nothing funny, or even fun for that matter, about this story.
The movie begins with what is probably the 100th fight about Vaughn's character being careless and inconsiderate and Aniston's being overbearing and demanding and ends in her stating that "it's over". Instead of talking about it the two of them try to see how long the other will go before wallowing back. The antes are upped and lines are crossed and both of them begin to realize maybe they really can't go on together. They each have moral support from friends and family (who they don't listen to) and all involved seem to think that they should just talk it out.
There is a moment near the end when I thought that maybe it would have a conventional Hollywood ending (thus becoming the worst romantic-comedy ever), but the writers decided to continue down the slippery slope and conclude this story of a crumbling relationship the only way it could. One redeeming aspect of the film is that there are a couple of scenes between Vaughn and Jon Favreau that are hilarious, seeing them together again made me remember how much I enjoyed Swingers. If you still want to see it, go right ahead, but please don't watch it with a date.