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  • 2010
  • TV-MA
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 28 m
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  • TV-MA
  • IFC Films
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Summary Breaking Upwards' follows a young, real-life New York couple in a fictional narrative loosely inspired by their open relationship. After four years together, the two have grown stifled. Desperate to escape their ennui, but fearful of life apart, they decide to intricately strategize their own break up. Based on an actual experiment in re...

Directed By: Daryl Wein

Written By: Peter Duchan, Zoe Lister-Jones, Daryl Wein

  • 2010
  • TV-MA
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2010
  • TV-MA
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 28 m

Breaking Upwards

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary Breaking Upwards' follows a young, real-life New York couple in a fictional narrative loosely inspired by their open relationship. After four years together, the two have grown stifled. Desperate to escape their ennui, but fearful of life apart, they decide to intricately strategize their own break up. Based on an actual experiment in re...

Directed By: Daryl Wein

Written By: Peter Duchan, Zoe Lister-Jones, Daryl Wein

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
56
36% Positive
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57% Mixed
8 Reviews
7% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
56
36% Positive
5 Reviews
57% Mixed
8 Reviews
7% Negative
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70
A breakup worth going through.
By Betsy Sharkey FULL REVIEW
70
Like many relationships, Breaking Upwards starts in bed and ends on the street. The journey in between, however, feels as new as anything a tiny budget and a boatload of talent could produce.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
70
A low-budget romantic comedy that's smart and lively and, in the end, quite affecting.
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60
That whole meta-biographical aspect doesn't bug me much because everybody who's ever written or directed a romantic comedy is drawing on their own emotional experience; this one's just a little more obvious about it.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
58
Fitfully amusing, mostly annoying rom-com.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
Breaking Upwards has its amusing and touching moments, but we're left wondering just what we're supposed to make of it all. In the end, the relationship at the film's core is less absorbing than the filmmakers imagine.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
25
Their conversation is so insipid that watching this movie is no more interesting than talking to any random New York couple about what makes them tick.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Daryl Wein Films, Mister Lister Films
Release Date Apr 2, 2010
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating TV-MA
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Website http://www.breakingupwards.com/
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Awards

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• 1 Nomination

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