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The Break-Up

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The Break-Up	comment	The Break-Up is a 2006 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Peyton Reed, starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston.Chicago tour guide Gary Grobowski (Vaughn) and art gallery manager Brooke Meyers (Aniston) meet and begin dating, eventually buying a condominium together. However, as the title implies, they break up. Since neither is willing to move out of their condo, they compromise by living as roommates; but each begins acting out to provoke the other in increasingly elaborate ways.
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The Break-Up / int_177a6464	type	Genre Shift
The Break-Up / int_177a6464	comment	Genre Shift: The film starts as a typical romantic comedy about a couple in the last parts of their relationship. About halfway through you realize it turned into an uncomfortably sad and bitter look at the central couple's role in the break-up, and the divisive effects it has on the couple's friends and acquaintances.
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The Break-Up / int_1c445e86	type	Poor Communication Kills
The Break-Up / int_1c445e86	comment	Poor Communication Kills: After weeks/months of hostility, Brooke invites Gary to a concert. He fails to realize that this is a last-ditch attempt to save their relationship and stands her up, putting the final nail in the coffin. He later asks her why she didn't just tell him that she wanted to give it one last try.
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The Break-Up / int_23e32a30	type	Genre Deconstruction
The Break-Up / int_23e32a30	comment	Genre Deconstruction: Unlike many romantic comedies that would play out a Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario, this couple stays apart—by the time Gary finally realizes what Brooke was trying to tell him and indicates that he's ready and willing to be the man she wants, she tearfully admits that she's too emotionally drained and doesn't love him anymore. It also points out that Brooke should have just outright said how she felt and what she wanted from Gary instead of engaging in veiled implications, mind games and secret tests as are typical in the genre since, as Gary points out, while her points might have merit, he's not a mind reader.
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The Break-Up / int_2e8ed504	type	Beautiful Dreamer
The Break-Up / int_2e8ed504	comment	Beautiful Dreamer: Gary at one point finds his now ex-girlfriend Brooke asleep in their condo's living room. He watches her for a moment, smiles, and then makes his exit instead of waking her up.
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The Break-Up / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Break-Up / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Gary and Brooke officially break up and sell their apartment, but the ending implies that even if they don't reconcile or end up as friends, they have gotten past the hostility and can be genuinely civil.
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The Break-Up / int_42215dce	type	Ambiguous Ending
The Break-Up / int_42215dce	comment	Ambiguous Ending: The film ends with the couple of the titular break-up meeting up on the street months after their break-up and exchanging pleasantries. It's left ambiguous if they will just go their separate ways or make another try at their relationship. An alternate deleted scene shows them meeting up with their new boy/girlfriend, who happen to look very similar to their exes, showing that they're not completely over one another.
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The Break-Up / int_43dca18f	type	Game Night Fight
The Break-Up / int_43dca18f	comment	Game Night Fight: An ugly dragout fight erupts from a game of Pictionary, convincing everyone that Gary and Brooke are not going to work it out.
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The Break-Up / int_5535272c	type	Coolest Club Ever
The Break-Up / int_5535272c	comment	Coolest Club Ever: Gary's brother at one point takes him to a super cool club, making him feel intimidated and out of his element.
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The Break-Up / int_562abd51	type	Let's Get Dangerous!
The Break-Up / int_562abd51	comment	Let's Get Dangerous!: Though a Camp Gay, Richard delivers a quick curb stomp when Gary lays a hand on him. Later, the ego-hurt Gary complains that he was sucker-punched before he knew he was in a fight, and promises to bring some "Polacks who don't have a future" to back him up next time.
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The Break-Up / int_6460be24	type	Escape Call
The Break-Up / int_6460be24	comment	Escape Call: Brooke and her friend arrange for the friend to call during Brooke's date that night, at which point Brooke can either ignore the call or pretend it's an emergency and leave. Her date turns out to be boring, so when the call comes, Brooke pretends there's an emergency on the other end and suddenly abandons her date.
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The Break-Up / int_72852a93	type	Henpecked Husband
The Break-Up / int_72852a93	comment	Henpecked Husband: Implied with Andrew, who votes to kick Gary off the bowling team because his wife pressures him to. In the same scene we see another of Brooke's male friend who only votes in Brooke's favour after his girlfriend/wife softly pushes him.
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The Break-Up / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
The Break-Up / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Johnny, who's been firmly on Gary's side through the break-up, finally gets fed up with him after Gary stands up Brooke one last time, and (not unkindly, but firmly) lets Gary know what a selfish and thoughtless person he is, to Brooke, to Johnny, to everyone he knows.
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The Break-Up / int_85f102ac	type	Symbolic Distance
The Break-Up / int_85f102ac	comment	Symbolic Distance: To the surprise of no one, the two main characters in this film break-up. One scene of them in the duration of this pictures them on opposite sides of the couch in their apartment, trying their best to ignore each other. It even acts as the page image for the trope!
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The Break-Up / int_97b30203	comment	Implied with Andrew, who votes to kick Gary off the bowling team because his wife pressures him to.
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The Break-Up / int_aedf28fe	type	Falling-in-Love Montage
The Break-Up / int_aedf28fe	comment	Falling-in-Love Montage: Subverted. The film opens with a Meet Cute, followed by a falling-in-love montage set to "You're My Best Friend," followed immediately by...well, read the title of the film again.
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The Break-Up / int_af2547c9	type	Informed Flaw
The Break-Up / int_af2547c9	comment	Informed Flaw: Brooke's boss tells her "You look like shit". This is conveyed... by her wearing her hair in a ponytail.
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The Break-Up / int_b6caa5b4	type	Operation: Jealousy
The Break-Up / int_b6caa5b4	comment	Operation: Jealousy: Attempted by both parties and failed miserably. The first guy Brooke brings home is a loser, while the second hits it off with Gary, but he's still so ticked off that he retaliates by hiring a bunch of exotic dancers for a party. Each is left so hurt and disgusted that it makes things worse.
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The Break-Up / int_de763115	type	Hollywood Board Games
The Break-Up / int_de763115	comment	Hollywood Board Games: The final sign that Brooke and Gary's marriage is broken beyond repair is that they can't even play Pictionary together anymore. Soon enough, the affair becomes a Game Night Fight.
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The Break-Up / int_f10d3363	type	Distracted by the Sexy
The Break-Up / int_f10d3363	comment	Distracted by the Sexy: Gary is playing a boxing video game. Brooke walks over, goes to the fridge, gets a drink and walks back to her room all while naked. What's more, Brooke has recently gotten a bikini wax (or, in simple terms, had her vagina waxed). Gary gets knocked out in the video game.
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The Break-Up / int_fb4c41b4	comment	"Friends" Rent Control: Averted. Neither character wants to move out, each—rightfully—feeling that they are entitled to the place, as they've both contributed financially. But despite both of them making a good living, it's made clear that neither can afford the apartment on their own, prompting their friend/realtor to suggest they sell it and split the proceeds.
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