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The Break-Up Bottom-line: Vaughn's Humor Will Outlast Pitt's Looks. Jen Wins. by: Reggie Eggert, for Entertainment Vince Vaughn is now a superstar.
His brand of comedy is one of a kind and clearly not to everyone’s liking, and that's why he's getting his due now. Some people look at him and simply don't understand that allure of the lanky, trash-talking asshole with a forehead the size of an unabridged dictionary. Well, I feel sorry for those people, because Vaughn is one of the few comedic actors that can extract some humor in every damn scene of a movie. His adlibs are the best in the business right now. I can't even think of anyone that comes close. With respect to overpowering a scene with sheer comedic force, I would put Vince Vaughn on the same level as Chris Tucker, Dave Chappelle, Jim Carrey and pre-Vampire in Brooklyn Eddie Murphy. As is the case with those guys, I expect to laugh hard every time I see Vaughn on the screen and he never disappoints. His facial expressions of incredulousness fear and disgust, along with those angry rants, are his trademarks. There is no one else who make a simple response like, "Why would I want to do dishes?" seem like the funniest shit you've ever heard. Although Vaughn is clearly the show in Breakup, there are some other folks delivering some good comedy, namely Vincent D'Onofrio, Cole Hauser, Judy Davis, Jon "GODFUCKINDAMN HE DONE GOT SO DAMN FAT! STOP EATING EVERYBODY FOOD AT THOSE DINNER FOR FIVE TAPINGS, NIGGA!" Favreau, John Micheael Higgins and just about everybody not named Jennifer Aniston. Higgins actually steals both of his scenes away from Vaughn. In possibly the movie's funniest moments, Higgins interrupts a family dinner with talk of his a capella group, The Tone Rangers, and invites everyone at the table to vocally provide the instrumentation for his fucked up version of "Owner of a Lonely Heart." Classic. I 'bout shat on myself. D'Onofrio and Hauser play Vaughn's older and younger brother, respectively, and each has a scene-stealing moment. I have no idea where D'Onofrio got the inspiration for his character, but I hope it's not based on a real person. That is the sad-funniest character I've seen in a long time. It's like he smoked some weed, dug deep within himself and resurrected the spirit of Private Pyle and decided to play him as if he actually survived the Vietnam War. It's pure fucking genius. Almost just as funny was Hauser, a raging pervert who can't get enough sex because he's so explicitly direct with women that he simply can't get enough women to have sex with him. He delivers the best one-liner of the movie, but I'm not going to ruin it for you. This is the best comedy I've seen in a while, but I can't recommend it to everyone. The first group of people I can't recommend it to are Jennifer Aniston fans. She's just background noise here, folks. Anyone could have played this part, and most of them could have given a better performance. Aniston provides zero laughs and plays Rachel yet again. The other group of people I would recommend not see this movie are guys with girlfriends. Guys, you are going to take an L if you see this shit with your girl. There ain't no avoiding it. It's written from the woman's POV. It's about boys being boys and needing to mature in order for the relationship to survive. Like I said...a fuck-ing L.
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This has been ten years in the making, but anyone who saw him
in Swingers knew this guy was going to be a legit box
office draw one day. Sure, he's had supporting roles in some
hits (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Starsky
and Hutch, Old School and Mr. and Mrs. Smith), but
with the success of Wedding Crashers, last summer
and The Breakup's opening weekend, Vince Vaughn if officially
a superstar. 