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2019
Netflix
1 h 30 m

2019
Netflix
1 h 30 m

Summary Fifteen years ago, Mel (Madeleine Sami) and Jen (Jackie van Beek) discovered they were being two-timed by the same man. Bitter and cynical they became fast friends and formed The Breaker Upperers, a small-time business breaking up couples for cash. Now they're in their late-thirties and business is booming. They're a platonic, codepende...

Comedy

Directed By: Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek

Written By: Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek

2019
Netflix
1 h 30 m

2019
Netflix
1 h 30 m

The Breaker Upperers

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

76

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings

6.3

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Summary Fifteen years ago, Mel (Madeleine Sami) and Jen (Jackie van Beek) discovered they were being two-timed by the same man. Bitter and cynical they became fast friends and formed The Breaker Upperers, a small-time business breaking up couples for cash. Now they're in their late-thirties and business is booming. They're a platonic, codepende...

Comedy

Directed By: Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek

Written By: Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
7 Reviews

13% Mixed
1 Review

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
7 Reviews

13% Mixed
1 Review

0% Negative
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Los Angeles Times

Feb 14, 2019

The Breaker Upperers features a distinctly New Zealand style of comedy: dry, awkward and utterly hilarious. But directors, writers and stars Jackie van Beek and Madeline Sami still give this film a wild energy that’s absolutely their own, with jokes that take the audience from giggles to cackles to all-out shrieks.

By Kimber Myers FULL REVIEW

Jan 25, 2019

Most importantly of all: it’s funny. Really, really funny, consistently and constantly.

By Oliver Lyttelton FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings

75% Positive
9 Ratings

0% Mixed
0 Ratings

25% Negative
3 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings

75% Positive
9 Ratings

0% Mixed
0 Ratings

25% Negative
3 Ratings

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Jan 25, 2019

It’s a terrific showcase for the duo and their entire cast, which, besides a pop-up bit from Clement, is curated from a local talent pool that Hollywood has yet to spelunk. After this, it should.

By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW

May 8, 2023

The Breaker Upperers is a rude and rowdy Kiwi comedy about two friends who run a service that helps people get out of hard-to-end relationships.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

Feb 16, 2019

A marvelously kooky, occasionally laugh-out-loud funny buddy comedy.

By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Feb 15, 2019

This collaboration between Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami — who wrote, directed and star together — exhibits their fairly irresistible comic chemistry, even if the conceit of the movie wears a bit thin.

By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

Jan 25, 2019

The Breaker Upperers is Sami and Van Beek’s show through and through. The film coasts off the energy and rapport of this affable pair, whose smart-mouthed performances are full of pep and fizz. What they lack in wit they compensate for with sheer likability.

By Luke Buckmaster FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Piki Films, Miss Conception Films, Bespoke Post

Release Date Feb 15, 2019

Duration 1 h 30 m

Genres

Comedy

Tagline Breaking up just got easier.

Website https://www.facebook.com/breakerupperers

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Awards

SXSW Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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