Review: The Breaker Upperers

New Zealand cinema has been serving up a steady stream of comedy gold over the last few years. Australia, on the other hand, has been serving up Shane Jacobson. The Kiwi secret? Putting funny people into stories that let them actually be funny - and this bubbly film about a dynamic duo making their living helping people escape (or destroy) their relationships is no exception. Mel (Madeleine Sami) and Jen (Jackie van Beek) – the duo also wrote the script and direct – break up relationships any way they can; fake deaths, bad songs, bogus romances, fake forest searches for not-so-missing people, you name it. Their only rule is to not get attached to their clients, which usually isn't a problem: they're either grief-stricken, losers, or creeps. But then charming yet dim 18 year-old rugby player Jordan (James Rolleston) turns up wanting to shake off his, uh, "strong-willed" missus Sepa (Ana Scotney) and it's on for young (him) and old (Mel). Meanwhile Jen is “enjoyi...