Top five force the break-up films  By Ben Davey and Joanna Cohen
April 8, 2005 Trouble in paradise ... Rayette (Karen Black) and
Bobby Dupea (Jack Nicholson) in <i>Five Easy Pieces</i>.
Trouble in paradise ... Rayette (Karen Black) and Bobby Dupea
(Jack Nicholson) in Five Easy Pieces.  In the start of a new
series, we serve up the top five films to watch when you want to
break up with your partner and are looking for some tips.  (NB:
The links below are all external sites.)  1. Dangerous Liaisons
(The Machiavellian break-up)  Synopsis: Wealthy aristocrats with
too much time on their hands get burned from playing shag-games.
Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) offers to bed Vicomte de
Valmont (John Malkovich) under the condition that he seduce
Madame de Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer).  JC: What we have here is
the traditional bloke break-up. Act like an absolute scoundrel,
take no responsibility for it whatsoever and then wallow in
self-pity. 'It is beyond my control'. Yeah right!  BD: We're not
sure that the 'It