June 6th, 2006

The Oz Premiere of The Break-Up - yep, another film review…

Billed as one of America’s hottest movies, written, produced and co-starring Vince Vaughn with partner (or not), Jennifer Aniston, The break up puts forward a convincing argument that Vince Vaughn should just stick to his day job and leave the script writing to the professionals.
More a series of vignettes than a gripping plot, once you have seen Vaughn’s full range of facial expressions there is no where else to go but alas - another good sixty minutes of the film to endure. I did admire Jennifer Aniston’s dry, laid back delivery - but that was only when she was being interviewed on stage before the film started. She also looked fantastic wearing a size six eloganted boob tube in black sparkles. (Whatever diet she is on at the moment, that’s the one I am going to follow).

The rest of Monday night’s Australian Premiere at the State Theatre, was taken up by swivelling around to see who else had braved the wet, cold conditions. It’s probably no surprise that the legendary show biz trouper, Kerri-Anne Kennerley turned up, or that Maria Venuti should be there. The Rubenesque entertainer was wearing a fake fur,pillbox hat (but she wisely disappeared before the film started - when all the photographers had gone home). There was also Richard Wilkins, Luke Mangan , Holly Brisley in the best embroidered suede coat, Lady (Sonia) McMahon with Bill Winning, and top person’s accountant - a trim Anthony Bell who has shed kilos right in time for winter. Maybe he has been on the Jennifer Aniston diet too?

So, should you bother going to see the break-up? Yes, if only for the cameo role of Judy Davis as the theatrical, man eating, art gallery director. She was sensational…

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