The Break-Up (2006)


Vince Vaughn            Gary Grobowski
Jennifer Aniston        Brooke Meyers
Jon Favreau             Johnny O
Joey Lauren Adams       Maddie
Ann-Margret             Wendy Meyers
Jason Bateman           Riggleman
Judy Davis              Marilyn Dean
Peter Billingsley       Andrew
Cole Hauser             Lupus Grobowski
Vincent D Onofrio       Dennis Grobowski
John Michael Higgins    Richard Meyers
Justin Long             Christopher
Ivan Sergei             Carson Wigham
Vernon Vaughn           Howard Meyers
Elaine Robinson         Carol Grobowski
Jane Alderman           Mrs. Grobowski
Jacqueline Williams     Shondra

Directed by:            Peyton Reed
Produced by:            Stuart Besser, Peter Billingsley, Vince Vaughn


Pushed to the breaking-point after their latest, "why can't you do this one little thing for me?" argument, 
art dealer Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend, Gary, who hosts bus tours of Chicago. What follows is 
a series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and underminings suggested by the former couple's friends, 
confidantes and the occasional total stranger. When neither ex is willing to move out of the condo they 
used to share, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until somebody caves. But 
somewhere between protesting the pool table in the living room, the dirty clothes stacked in the kitchen 
cupboards and the sports played at sleep-killing volume in the middle of the night, Brooke begins to realize 
that what she may be really fighting for isn't so much the place but the person.

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In Chicago, the art dealer Brooke Meyers feels not appreciated and neglected by her immature boyfriend 
Gary Grobowski, who is partner of his two brothers in a tourism business, and decides to break-up with him 
to make Gary misses her. Gary misunderstands her true intention, both follows the wrong advices of family 
members and friends, beginning a war of sexes with no winner.