A wise and well-acted indie rom-com that’s almost mummified inside a mess of overly familiar sitcom tropes, Jeff Rosenberg’s “We Broke Up” eventually gets around to some pressing questions about the all-or-nothing framework of monogamous relationships — questions that it’s mighty refreshing to see asked in such good faith — but after 70 minutes of contrived plotting and broad caricature, there isn’t much time left for the movie to provide any meaningful answers for itself.We Broke Up 2021 Movie Download.
The good news is that most everybody who gives this thing a shot will probably sit through the feather-light first two acts and stick around for the payoff at the end, as the “we” of Rosenberg’s film are played by two actors with a rare and proven talent for mining literary depth from characters that exist between Nissan commercials. That shared gift sparks a chemistry that makes us want Lori (“You’re the Worst” star Aya Cash) and Doug (“The Good Place” breakout William Jackson Harper) to get married from the very first shot, but the low-key movie that falls around these languishing thirtysomethings is at its best when pushing back against that Pavlovian response — when challenging our natural assumptions about what happily ever after has to look like.
And word to the wise: Maybe don’t mention the m-word around Lori in public. Doug learns that lesson the hard way during a dryly amusing prologue in which he spontaneously proposes to his long-time girlfriend while they’re waiting to pick up a takeout order in the back of a Chinese restaurant, an offer that causes Lori to projectile vomit all over the floor (okay, maybe it’s a wetly amusing prologue). The next thing we know their relationship is over and they’re in for a mighty awkward weekend together up at Lori’s sister’s wedding, where Doug’s attendance is expected as a veritable member of the family and “king of the ushers.”