'Breaking Upwards' explores a young, real-life New York couple who, four years in and battling codependency, decide to intricately strategize their own break up. Based on an actual experiment devised by director/actor Daryl Wein and actress Zoe Lister-Jones, the film loosely interprets a year in their lives exploring alternatives to monogamy, and the madness that ensues. An uncensored look at young love, lust, and the pangs of codependency, 'Breaking Upwards' follows its characters as they navigate each others' emotions across the city they love. It begs the question: is it ever possible to grow apart together?
Breaking Upwards has generally received mixed reviews.
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Breaking Upwards was released in 2009 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 42 reviews, giving Breaking Upwards (2009) an average rating of 57%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 70%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 62%.
With a score of 57%, Breaking Upwards is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2009, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2009 with similar scores include films like Ninja Assassin, Terminator Salvation and The Last House on the Left.
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