David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Feb 14, 2021

One feels a little frightened for Anniston's character on occasion. The misogynistic tone of the script is palpable.

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Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Jan 31, 2021 2/5

This is a perfect date movie if you plan on dumping the person you're with when the movie is over.

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Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Nov 7, 2019

So, pick a side, any side. We all know that breaking up is hard to do. You can at least do it with laughter with The Break Up.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Sep 12, 2017 B

was mostly shocked by Vince Vaughan, who showed me for the first time that he wasn't the long-delayed immature frat boy he so often plays, but actually an imperfect hilarious, yet often silly, character who's main flaw is his selfishness.

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Joshua Starnes ComingSoon.net Jan 7, 2011 7/10

The Break-Up is a funny and light comedy, but it tries to be something a bit more without being something a bit more, hampered by shoddy characterization, ending up a bit empty.

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Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Aug 30, 2009

The two stars remain painfully wrong for each other

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Apr 29, 2009

Is anxious to be a modern "Annie Hall," but really it is just a tedious, glum, and god awful affair.

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Apr 23, 2009 B-

"The Break-Up" comes with a slap and a kiss that's at once bracing and pleasing.

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Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review Aug 7, 2008 2/5

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Brandon Fibbs BrandonFibbs.com Feb 28, 2008 6/10

A word of caution to anyone heading off to see The Break-Up with the assumption that it is a romantic comedy: this is not a comedy movie with a serious side -- it is a serious movie with a comedic side.

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Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Aug 11, 2007 C-

Stereotypes across the board, puerile one-upmanship games, and an utter failure to explain why, indeed, these two even were together.

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Joe Lozito Big Picture Big Sound Jul 14, 2007 1/4

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Rob Humanick Projection Booth Jul 3, 2007

High-aimed intentions are thrown askew by the reliance on inconsistent laughs seemingly meant to break the otherwise overriding tension.

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Kam Williams Providence American Jun 30, 2007 4/4

Right up there with the best of the revenge genre, and earns praise from this critic for its sophisticated brand of humor which kept me in stitches from start to finish.

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Scott Mendelson rec.arts.movies.reviews May 7, 2007 C-

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Shirley Sealy Film Journal International Mar 1, 2007

Not even the tacked-on ending, hinting at some future sparks between Brooke and Gary, can lighten the sturm und drang in this break-up.

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Michael A. Smith Nolan's Pop Culture Review Dec 13, 2006 2/4

..."The Break Up" may go down with "Fatal Attraction" as the worst "date" movie of all time.

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Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses Oct 21, 2006 3/5

full review in Greek

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Brent Simon Now Playing Magazine Sep 22, 2006 B+

There's nothing broken about The Break-Up, which turns rom-com conventions on their side in free-wheeling fashion, and in doing so colorfully, wittily celebrates what it is about men and women that both attract one another and drives us crazy.

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Peter T. Chattaway Christianity Today Sep 8, 2006 1.5/4

A romantic comedy that is neither romantic nor particularly funny.

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