comment #1

Gabby Haze says ...

Not to pile on here or anything, but... Jennifer Aniston didn't just want to be in movies. She wanted to be a MOVIE STAR. The guys who created the movie biz -- Mayer, Warner, Cohn -- knew that it's the audience who creates stars. And the audience just isn't interested, at least not now.

comment #2

Jose says ...

when i saw who the director was, i knew it wouldn't be a hit.

comment #3

Astral Weeks says ...

What are you talking about? Bring It On was a fresh and fun flick. Of course Kirsten Dunst dressed as cheerleader did help a lot.

Sorry to see that this film is a turkey, I liked the pitch of a cynical romantic comedy. I find the rom-com genre hard to take at the best of times and would like to see at smart/tart comedy that takes issue with the clichés of romantic love that the whole genre trades in. But it deems like that this film isn’t it. Shame...

On the upside maybe Aniston will take the hint and go back to TV. She's just another TV actress who can’t hack it on the big screen. Maybe she can land a TV pilot co-staring her fellow failed would-be crossover, Jennifer Garner.

comment #4

Julia says ...

do you wanna hear the worst part?

from rotten tomatoes

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The poor ratings for The Break Up have sent the Aniston fangirls into a tizzy. Some have decided to post highly positive ratings in the User section of rottentomatoes and other movie blogs in order to sway readers into disregarding the poor critic reviews. No, they have not seen the movie but they are determined to influence public opinion. I learned of this "plan" on the femalefirst site. Yes, sad but true. JFKs assassination plot has nothing on the pitiful lengths some of these girls will go to. See for yourself. The plan has already been set in motion. LOL

P.S.
They also plan to post positive reviews only on sites like Oscarwatch.com
Do they really think Jennifer Aniston will get an Academy Award for TBU?

if that isnt the definition of being pathetic i dont know what is it!!!
in my book thats being a loser.

comment #5

Doug says ...

Jennifer Garner is a failed cross-over star? "Daredevil" made over a 100 million in the US, and "13 Going on 30," which she is THE star of made over
57 million in the US, opening at over 20 million.
The movie business could use a lot more failures like that.

comment #6

Colin says ...

I'm not saying that the movie was a masterpiece, but it seems like a lot of critics weren't reviewing the movie itself, but the Vaughn-Aniston relationship. And the verdict is that they don't have chemistry. Well, guess what? That's the point of the movie.

Anyway, the best parts of the movie are, unsurprisingly, the interactions between Vaughn and his old pal Jon Favreau, which are almost on a par with some of the stuff they did in Swingers and Made. Also, Vincent D'Onofrio is really funny as well.

The pacing seems a bit off and some of the jokes don't hit, but there are some really genuinely funny parts that had the audience I saw it with laughing for a while. I'd give it a B-. And I actually thought that the ending worked pretty well.

comment #7

Nick says ...

Good point, Colin. Critics seem to forget the title of the movie, especially Ebert, who pretty much spoils the movie (true, it's a 50-50 outcome) in the first paragraph of his review. I saw the movie earlier this week at a screening, and it's easily the first mainstream romantic comedy in a long time that is going to hit a lot of people in the gut with just how real their arguments are. My guess is that 75 percent of the viewing audience will want to see more "Along Came Polly" and that word of mouth will kill this movie, which is sad. Marketing is not reflective of what this movie is, but how would they have marketed it? Someone out there reading this is brewing a mash-up trailer right now, I'm sure.

comment #8

Brad Abraham says ...

"19% creme de la creme positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes." And we all know what poor critical notices for a summer film can do to its BO (*cough Da Vinci cough*)...

comment #9

Daniel Zelter says ...

Julia: Aniston had fans since Friends, but her movies weren't making money until she married Pitt.

Doug: Yeah, but then suddenly she joined Bennifer 2, Elektra flopped, and her show's been cancelled, cus she chose to be a pregnant action hero, which no one was going to buy.

comment #10

Doug says ...

Why are people so happily rooting against actors/actresses who have been in TV series who are now making movies? There have been some good ones. Off the top of my head - Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, Johnny Depp, Ben Stiller, Sandra Bullock, Denzel Washington, George Clooney, Halle Berry, Michael Douglas, Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, Robin Williams, and newcomers Kate Bosworth and Anne Hathaway.

comment #11

lc says ...

Not rooting against any actor or actress. I just dislike that the media has decided because Brad Pitt broke up with Jennifer Aniston that she is now a movie star. I agree with the first post.

comment #12

lil says ...

For me, having to sit through 2 hours + or - of Vince Vaughn would be pure torture. the Rat bag frat boy persona just isn't that attractive. I mean, come on, in real life, how many of us would tolerate that persona for longer then 15 minutes?

comment #13

J in Austin says ...

Who the hell goes to see movies just to be entertained by characters they would be able to tolerate in real life? By that standard I should hate every minute of The Sopranos -- it doesn't add up to me. I'm interested in seeing complex personalities onscreen grappling with situations that intrest me; if the person seems grating or would get on my nerves in real life, that's fine, as long as the picture seems to understand or acknowledge that fact rather than falsely offer them up within the context of the script as some shining beacon of humanity. Vaughn's character in The Break-Up is clearly portrayed as someone who is amusing from a distance but has yet to be open emotionally to anyone in such a manner as to facilitate a mature, evolving relationship, so it's fine with me.