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Couples Retreat (2009)
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Reviews Counted:146
Fresh:17
Rotten:129
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: Despite a talented cast and some reliably pleasant interplay between Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, Couples Retreat leaves viewers stranded in an arid, mirthless comedy.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Oct 9, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $107,863,225
Synopsis: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell and Faizon Love star in Universal Pictures' upcoming comedy Couples Retreat. Based on an original idea of... [More]
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Kristen Bell, Jason Bateman, Malin Akerman
Director: Peter Billingsley
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Reviews for Couples Retreat
Instead of being a sharp, witty comedy about married couples experiencing vacation therapy together, it's more of a pinheads-in-paradise routine with only a few funny lines.
12/02/09
It's some kind of trick when a film can make Jason Bateman look unsubtle.
11/19/09
Somewhere in all of this, there is the potential for a pretty good comedy, but this movie isn't it.
10/31/09
The vapid couples become sniping or sarcastic chunks of white blandness even sharks would spit back up. A kind of bad video-game romance-comedy: 2D characters, flat dialogue, an exotic backdrop, and lame new levels of relationship challenges.
10/23/09
Couples is so formulaic, so fake and relentlessly bland, it’s hard to care if any of these pairings get a divorce, drown or are eaten by sharks. It has neither the ring of truth nor the fun of fantasy.
10/20/09
Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, wrote the witless script, so have only themselves to blame.
10/20/09
The debutant director is done no favours by a screenplay from Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau which gives him little to play with and them few chances to shine as actors.
10/20/09
A patchwork collection of derivative gags and relationship drama that seems leftover from old 'thirtysomething' episodes.
10/19/09
Retreat as quickly as possible.
10/19/09
For all its visual splendor, to say nothing of its likable cast, the movie never feels as liberating as its locale.
10/17/09
Why couldn't Couples Retreat have been lighthearted and zany throughout, instead of trying to push across a message about picket-fence monogamy?
10/16/09
Top CriticCouples Retreat comes across as a movie that was made... because it was felt that if the right buttons were pushed, this might make money.
10/16/09
That the wonderful French actor Jean Reno plays the therapist is a sign that his agent is not doing a good enough job finding him film roles in American movies.
10/16/09
This couples-in-conflict comedy starts strongly but then slips into the turquoise water of paradise lost.
10/16/09
Bora Bora was a beautiful location to film at and added that much needed taste of paradise to a rather bitter sweet subject of a troubled marriage.
10/16/09
A rom-com short on romance and even shorter on laughs.
10/16/09
Three of the four principal guys in this comedy are well over 15 stone - making them clinically obese by their body mass indexes. They need to lose weight not lessons in "couples skills building."
10/16/09
Expectations of farce are stymied by long stretches of mid-life navel gazing.
10/16/09
Rather like an unsuitable partner, Couples Retreat starts out fun before gradually getting annoying and then becoming downright aggravating. While it's not the worst film ever, there are times when it feels as irritating as sunburn.
10/16/09
Latest News for Couples Retreat
November 18, 2009:
Universal Causes Couples Controversy 
Wanting to narrow the visual focus on its poster for "Couples Retreat," Universal decided to erase a pair of the film's stars...and now they're dealing with the fallout. More...
October 12, 2009:
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October 11, 2009:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Couples Rule the Charts
Couples ruled the box office as Universal's Couples Retreat took top honors at the box office this weekend. But the real story was the low-budget horror entry from Paramount,... More...
October 09, 2009:
Couples Retreat Could Brighten Universal's Fall
It's been buried beneath an avalanche of negative reviews, but as the only film opening in wide release this weekend, "Couples Retreat" still stands to post some decent numbers... More...
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