Breaking Upwards (2009)

A young New York couple intricately strategize their own break up.

Director:

Daryl Wein

Writers:

Peter Duchan (screenplay), Zoe Lister Jones (screenplay),

Stars:

Zoe Lister Jones, Daryl Wein, Julie White

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Zoe Lister Jones	...	Zoe
Daryl Wein	...	Daryl
Julie White	...	Joanie
Andrea Martin	...	Helaine
Peter Friedman	...	Alan
LaChanze	...	Maggie
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	...	Dylan
Olivia Thirlby	...	Erika
Pablo Schreiber	...	Turner
Heather Burns	...	Hannah
Tate Ellington	...	Brian
Francis Benhamou	...	Lindsay
David Call	...	David
Sam Rosen	...	Jack
Max Jenkins	...	Frosh

Storyline

A young New York couple intricately strategize their own break up.

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Genres:

Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Doseis horismou

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$15,467 (USA) (2 April 2010)

Gross:

$76,382 (USA) (14 May 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Daryl Wein Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

To Be 23 Again....Or Maybe I'd Rather Not

Ah, kids.

My primary reaction watching "Breaking Upwards" was that I'm....old. OK, so I'm only 35, but this movie made 23 feel like a looong time ago. It follows the travails of two younguns struggling with a waning relationship while at the same time scared to cut loose altogether. They instead try to go at relationship resuscitation in an ordered, spreadsheet fashion, scheduling days apart and establishing ground rules. By the time the film is over, you just want to say "break up already, it's not that bad....trust me, you'll find someone else."

I have a toddler and my wife is pregnant with our second child. I will have 23 year old kids someday, and I know from experience that things only seem to not be a big deal once you're old enough to look back at them -- everything seems important while you're in the middle of it. Therefore, out of respect to the filmmakers, and my own children, I don't want to dismiss the emotions in this movie as being unimportant just because it's kids feeling them. But my wife and I spent more time being amused by the two lovers in this movie than feeling empathy for them.

A handful of fairly well-known stage actors appear in supporting roles, like Pablo Schreiber (brother of Liev), Peter Friedman, Andrea Martin and Julie White, who plays one of the most awful, overbearing Jewish mothers ever committed to film.

This movie is likable but immature.

Grade: B