Jackie van Beek

Madeleine Sami

Celia Pacquola

James Rolleston

Ana Scotney

Carl Bland

Brett O’Gorman

Cohen Holloway

Rima Te Wiata

Angella Dravid

Jemaine Clement

Nic Sampson

Ryan Lampp

Karen O'Leary

Rose Matafeo

Stacey Te Hau

Troy Kingi

Tekeepa Aria

Amanaki Prescott-Faletau

Moe Laga

Hilary Samuela

Bryce Darren Taniue

Jimmy Metherell

Lucy Lawless

Teuila Blakely

Elroy Finn

Renee Lyons

Urzila Carlson

Joyce Irving

Pax Assadi

Chris Parker

Kura Forrester

Yvette Parsons

Oscar Kightley

Anapela Polataivao

Mike Beck

Donna Brookbanks

Todd Emerson

Wesley Dowdell

Laura Daniel

Brynley Stent

Harry McNaughton

Andrew Grainger

Jesse Griffin

Guy Montgomery

Penny Ashton

Jaquie Brown

Thomas Sainsbury

Sally Eccleston

Richard Elworthy

Gareth Robinson

Ella Mills

Angie Sanchez Villar

Ayrton Winitana

Julia Green

Leah Mizrahi

Stu Turner

Sarah Cook

Brant Fraser

Jonathan Bruce

Ainsley Gardiner

Brandon Hermitte

Carthew Neal

Tom Eagles

Taika Waititi

Ananda Kientz

David Peterson

Jane Bucknell

Amy Barber

Georgina Allison Conder

Dannelle Satherley

Victoria Vanderlinden

Ginny Loane

Comedy

The Breaker Upperers

New Zealand Film Commission

Piki Films

Miss Conception Films

Bespoke Post

Madman Entertainment

James Wallace Productions

New Zealand

Click here for a video version: https://youtu.be/Cv_KKXkY9mk

_The Breaker Upperers_ is a 2018 New Zealand comedy that follows the adventures of two ladies with a unique business. Here’s the description to give you an idea of what it’s all about:

_For the right price, BFFs Jen and Mel will ruthlessly end any romance. But when one grows a conscience, it threatens to derail their relationship._

Even as a New Zealander, I find New Zealand comedies to be very hit or miss. _The Breaker Upperers_ falls kinda awkwardly somewhere in the middle. The key problem is that it can't seem to decide if it’s a comedy or a drama. It has funny parts for sure, but it's not consistently funny enough all the way through to be a full comedy, and nor does it have enough drama to be called a drama. It starts off strongly but then the laughs become more and more spread out as the runtime ticks over. 

When it was funny it was hilarious. There's some great visual gags and physical comedy in it, and the whole Celine Dion sequence in particular had me in stitches. There’s also some great cameos from some famous Kiwi actors in it. Lucy Lawless, Jemaine Clement, and Rima Te Wiata all make appearances and steal their scenes. 

So all up it’s what I would call a light comedy. You won’t burst your sides while watching it, but it will put a smile on your face.

English

The Breaker Upperers Trailer - Official Trailer