Couples Retreat (2009)

A bit of a guilty pleasure. But, most of the humor falls flat. Interesting that it's a Vince Vaughn vehicle that doesn't give Vaughn enough to do. Paul Chambers, CNN.

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Feb 10, 2010

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Dec 10, 2009

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.

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Dec 2, 2009

It's some kind of trick when a film can make Jason Bateman look unsubtle.

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Nov 19, 2009

Somewhere in all of this, there is the potential for a pretty good comedy, but this movie isn't it.

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Oct 31, 2009

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.

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Oct 23, 2009

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.

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Oct 20, 2009

Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, wrote the witless script, so have only themselves to blame.

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Oct 20, 2009

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.

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Oct 20, 2009

A patchwork collection of derivative gags and relationship drama that seems leftover from old 'thirtysomething' episodes.

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Oct 19, 2009