It is this vanity, this overweening self-regard, that makes Couples Retreat such a chore to sit through.
Comment
10/16/09
Rate this Movie 
Couples Retreat (2009)
12
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work
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: $107,592,235
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
Get This Movie
Rent DVD
Click on the "SAVE" button to put this movie into your Netflix queue.
Reviews for Couples Retreat
A loo book written by Pol Pot would have more laughs than this chillingly unfunny, cynically prefabricated non-comedy.
10/16/09
The only thing that will keep your attention for the duration is the stunning Tahitian scenery that acts the films setting. On reflection this is probably what swayed most of the cast to sign up to this inane guff of a film in the first place.
10/16/09
Entertainment on a par with sitting through your neighbours' holiday slideshow.
10/16/09
Universal’s latest is merely adequate, and will likely be best enjoyed by the happily indulgent and mildly inebriated.
10/16/09
About as much fun as having a holiday ruined by bickering, self-involved couples, this is one romcom you really should retreat from.
10/16/09
A trip to the innermost circle of comedy hell.
10/16/09
A comedy deserving to be buried up to its head in sand, drizzled in cooking oil and then left to fry until crispy.
10/16/09
Fewer laughs than the average episode of ITV’s Benidorm.
10/16/09
Sadly for us though, Favreau and Vaughn are likely to continue their profitable relationship for some time to come.
10/16/09
If it were a send-up of couples therapy and its absurd language the film would at least be about something, but it hasn't even that much intelligence.
10/16/09
The script for this comedy is so half-baked that we begin to wonder why it was made at all. Not only is it resolutely unfunny, but it never dips beneath a superficial examination of relationship cliches.
10/16/09
Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau further damage their credibility (though not their bank balances) with another lazy, underwritten comedy.
10/16/09
...truly dismal...This is a movie to avoid.
10/15/09
Director Billingsley, who once played Ralphie in 1983's "A Christmas Story," should have picked up that old BB gun of his and blown the hell out of the script before he ever signed on to make a movie out of it.
10/15/09
Floundering, only intermittently funny. Wait for the dvd.
10/15/09
Hugely disappointing, painfully unfunny comedy that completely wastes its talented cast and then compounds the misery with a dismal script.
10/15/09
Couples, retreat: this movie has the power to make any date feel as endless and soul-sucking as the lifetime’s worth of defective, hateful marriages that doom the film’s protagonists.
10/14/09
It’s too easy to say that Peter Billingsley shot his eye out with this inept comic trifle, but…well, he shot his eye out.
10/14/09
The actresses are so wasted, they're even demoted to fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth billing under every one of the dudes. At least the guys aren't having fun either.
10/14/09
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:
Watch RT This Week on Current TV
This week, The Rotten Tomatoes Show will be looking at the movies that opened over the weekend, with help from you (the Rotten Tomatoes community), the Current TV community, and... More...
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...
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
Best Sci-Fi This Decade
Techland lists the best Sci-Fi films of this decade.
40 Worst Films of the 2000s
Moviefone takes a look back at the biggest stinkers of the past 10 years.
10 Questions For Zac Efron
The Me and Orson Welles star answers reader questions on TIME.com.
Best Decade Ever!
Hollywood.com's C. Robert Cargill offers his thoughts on what the best decade for film was.
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
In the AV Club's "Scenic Routes," Mike D'Angelo reminisces about the Tim Burton film.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds