Why couldn't Couples Retreat have been lighthearted and zany throughout, instead of trying to push across a message about picket-fence monogamy?
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Couples Retreat (2009)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:4
Rotten:23
Average Rating:3.9/10
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: $107,592,235
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
Top CriticThis is one of those films, like last week's Whip It and so many others of late, that looks like it was a lot fun to make. It's just not all that much fun to watch.
10/09/09
Top CriticThere are also scenes, the disjointed kind that wander off aimlessly in the vague hope of finding a movie, not to mention a laugh.
10/09/09
Top CriticCouples Retreat is a comedy of exhaustion. But it is the comedy itself, in both concept and execution, that seems tired.
10/09/09
Top CriticGreatly silly and unexpectedly wise at times.
10/09/09
Top CriticYou know those comedies that hit a little dry spell and have a hard time recovering? Couples Retreat has one that lasts about, oh, 90 minutes.
10/09/09
Top CriticLike most of Universal's offerings this year, you have to wonder exactly who (besides masochists) they thought would actually want to see Couples Retreat in a theater.
10/09/09
Top CriticCouples Retreat is neither funny nor honest. The exact opposite of a retreat, it's merely exhausting.
10/09/09
Top CriticBeneath the ham acting and the relentless banter is a serious movie about relationships. We're being sold laughs, but a few sober thoughts are delivered.
10/09/09
Top CriticIt's too bad Couples Retreat is so poorly written and conceived, given the talented cast and chemistry between Vaughn and pal Favreau. We're meant to relate to these hapless folks or laugh at their foibles, but more often we wince.
10/09/09
Top CriticThe cast's enthusiasm goes a long way toward keeping the whole mediocre affair from becoming completely intolerable.
10/08/09
Top CriticWhat's depressing is that there's hardly a creative spark in this sour, offensive, contrived story, and its sloppiness is more consistent than its comedy.
10/08/09
Top CriticA marriage-renewal comedy with a decent cast, a few good ideas and no clear grasp on what to do with them.
10/08/09
Top CriticThe acting is a mixed bag. Jon Favreau and Faizon Love, who never hit a false note, are the standouts.
10/08/09
Top CriticThe various therapies -- talk, yoga, massage -- serve only to set up tired insult humor and smarmy sight gags.
10/08/09
Top CriticTrouble in paradise. That's the overly familiar premise of this sun-poisoned comedy.
10/08/09
Top CriticEver go on a vacation where most of the people around seem to be having more fun than you? Then you already know what it'll feel like to visit Couples Retreat.
10/08/09
Top CriticThe cast got to spend a month shooting on Bora Bora. So that explains why they're in the movie. Why you'd spend good money for a ticket to watch them have all the fun and not have any fun yourself passes understanding.
10/08/09
Top CriticCouples Retreat is a pleasant, undemanding, middle-of-the-road comedy, and really, were you expecting anything else?
10/08/09
Top CriticYes, there’s pointed human comedy to be mined from the very real stresses of married life, but this bonehead idiots-in- paradise farce raises issues only to gloss them over.
10/08/09
Top CriticLatest 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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