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The basic story was pretty good, the acting, especially in the initial scene that sets the film up was realistic. In fact, Fonda's acting throughout was excellent even though the script made her dumber then a nail. You keep yelling at the screen, "Call the cops! Call the cops!" Of course, she doesn't.

And the self-mutilation scene -- wouldn't this guy be in pain for days if not weeks? Drove me nuts.

Keifer Sutherland often plays a real good bad guy -- but not this time. Now he's a cop who never met a donut he didn't like.

Go ahead and rent this movie. Just keep a can of Spackle handy to plug up the holes in the story -- like who fed Duke the dog?

"The Break Up" is not a thriller or a mystery or an action flick. It's a somewhat disjointed and flawed drama with Fonda at the center delivering a solid performance. There is just enough meat on the bones of this flick to give the viewer something to chew on as long as expectations aren't too high. An okay journeyman flick recommended for Fonda or Sutherland fans.

The plot was really weak and confused. This is a true Oprah flick. (In Oprah's world, all men are evil and all women are victims.)

What a horrible waste of time, energy and money, and I'm talking about me, not the producers! A horrible plot line, very bad acting and totally predictable outcome. It even took the director ten extra minutes of shooting scenes after the "climax" of the movie to figure out how to end it! I'm still trying to figure out why they made Fonda's character deaf, it really didn't come into play in the movie. Far fetched scenes with the husband and his self-mutilations. Minute after minute of nothing really happening on screen, it seemed they were just trying to figure out how to stretch the length. How anyone could be "held in suspense" by this movie is beyond me. No drama, no acting, no believable plot line and hopefully no more people will spend a dime on this movie. One of the worse!!

Worse than mediocre thriller about an abused wife who goes on the lam after she is linked circumstantially to the death of her husband and sister. Determined to prove that her husband is alive she follows leads across the state, her peril increasing at each stop. Chasing after her are the traditional 'good-cop' and 'bad-cop' pair of partners. One is convinced of her innocence the other more interested in closing the case and getting home. This pair is often able to corner their suspect but never quite to capture her. All the main players meet up in a remote town in the desert and the truth begins to unfold with deadly consequences for some.

Wow! This was a bad movie. The lead acted as if she was tranquilized, The cops couldn't find a suspect if he or she is in the police station (this happens twice) and everyone else is as one-dimensional as can be. Avoid this one at all costs.

Low-rent version of Ashley Judd's Double Jeopardy. Sutherland is too professional to be bad, but what was Brigit Fonda thinking?!? The Penelope Ann Miller curse continues (Think about it--when has she EVER been in a good movie other than Other People's Money? And I'm not saying she's bad, but all of her movies fail in some way).

Nothing great here but a nicely acted story about an abused deaf wife (Fonda) of a small time crook (Bochner)who gets involved with one of her husband's plans and his mistress. Sutherland and Weber are cops drawn into what turns out to be a unmysterious murder investigation and the story just flows along.

It was so over-the-top it really just had me looking at my phone most the film. She just acts frightened the whole film while everything around her just happens. Why didn't she do anything besides look like a scared ghost before the new girlfriend was about to get hers. He get his comeuppance in a way to make you laugh. There isn't much in this film that is believable at all really. It is a wonder I never decided to watch it. It is so boring may I add. I only watched it because I like Keifer Sutherland. Otherwise I would never have even bothered with this stinker! It belonged on lifetime. Pass.

As this film opens it appears that Jimmy has a loving relationship with her husband Frankie. Then we see him getting violent with her and she wakes up in hospital. When Frankie's car turns up with burnt body inside the police assume she killed him. She goes on the run trying to find the truth and a way to stay safe. It isn't made easier by the fact that she is deaf and has to lip read to understand people.

This is a fairly by the numbers thriller. It has a few twists but I doubt anybody will fail to see them coming a mile away. That said it is decent enough with some tense moments. Having Jimmy be deaf could be considered a gimmick as it rarely proved much of a barrier. The acting is solid enough; Bridget Fonda is good as Jimmy, Hart Bochner is suitably menacing as Frankie and Kiefer Sutherland is solid as Officer John Box, one of the officers looking for Jimmy. Overall not a must see unless you are a fan of Fonda or Sutherland; still it passes the time well enough if you like the genre.

"Break Up" is a Miramax production from 1998. It is currently available on NetFlix Instant Download Streaming. The director is Paul Marcus, and the writer is Anne Amanda Opotowsky. Actors include Bridget Fonda, Kiefer Sutherland, Hart Bochner, Steven Weber, Penelope Ann Miller, Tippi Hedren, Leslie Stefanson, Mike Hagerly, Tom Harrison, CharlesNoland, Muse Watson, Martt O'Toole, Abraham Venduzco, Anna Getty, Zack Tiegen, Gina Aponte, Tommy Townsend, Robin Thomas Grossman, Susan Barnes, Joe Spano, Jack Shearer, Cynthia Geary, Hal Landon Jr., Srah DeVincertis, Alan Schwartz, Alan Schwartz, Robert Peters and Brent Briscoe. The story is about a couple with severe anger issues. Anger management may have helped, but it would also help the audience which had to sit through the wife beating scenes in this less that perfect film. I was able to only give it 2 stars. Dale Haufrect

excellent drama. very dark. i have never seen california photographed in such a way. bridget fonda as the deaf wife beaten by her husband is superb. the film gripped me from start to finish. very understated performance by sutherland. the direction was very european. amazing to get such a performance from fonda.

Break up is a pretty decent and well made movie. It has that thriller atmosphere your looking for and you feel for the main character. But I can't help with how distressing the film is as it seems every man that comes into contact with jimmy wants to do bad things to her. In this jimmy is played by prime bridget fonda. She seems to get on well with the role and makes her and interesting watch. She wakes up to find her abusive husband dead one day and gets accused of it by john. He is keifer suthertland and I liked to watch him. The rest of the cast were alright. Its an interesting thriller and overall it was pretty good.

At every plot point, the story worked only if you assumed that the people involved were dumb. Sutherland and Fonda, two pretty decent actors, must have really needed the work at the time to put their names on this one.

If for some reason choose to see the bow-wow anyway, I won't spoil it for you, but I'd strongly advise disconnecting your brain, as the plot inconsistencies might cause neural damage if you remain aware enough to start noting them.

We signed this out of the library and didn't pay a cent for using it, and it was _still_ a waste of time.

Fonda proves to be amazingly subtle and focused in her role as an abused deaf wife. The mood and tone of this film was compelling and unique, and though the story itself was unoriginal and at times contrived, I found myself totally drawn into the characters and style of the picture as a whole.

Not much director Paul Marcus could do with an inane story line and some of the worse acting jobs ever in a film. I continue to be amazed and amused at why Bridget Fonda continues to work in films. Is it the Fonda name that keeps her working? In this one she shows the gamut of emotions from 0-1. Deadpan expressions, lack of any acting style, I think she thinks being a deaf mute means a mute performance. Worst acting award continues to go to this no-talent actress. And right beside her is another inept actress, Penelope Ann Miller. Haven't seen her do anything interesting yet on film. Why does she continue to get cast? Kiefer Sutherland, whom I admire, gets nothing worthwhile in this flick. What a waste. He tries. And Steven Weber, whom I admired greatly in JEFFREY, gets dumped on in this one. Another waste of a good talent. However, I did like the work of Hart Bochner, whom I have never seen before. He gives an interesting performance as the abusive murderous husband. And I liked the dog, too!

Totally worthless film with no story and no good acting at all!