Their relationship in danger of dissipating, a couple racing to salvage their marriage invites three other couples to join them at a tropical island resort. Upon arriving at the island paradise to enjoy some carefree fun in the sun, the other couples are disturbed to discover that participation in therapy sessions is mandatory if they hope to remain at the resort. Peter Bilingsley directs a comedy penned by Jon Favreau, produced by Vince Vaughn, and pairing the two Made collaborators onscreen with co-stars Jason Bateman and Faizon Love. ~ Jason Buchanan, RoviMovie Title : Couples Retreat
Release Date : Oct 9, 2009 Wide Genre Movie :Comedy
Mpaa Rating : PG-13 Actors :Vince Vaughn,Jason Bateman,Faizon Love,Jon Favreau,Malin Akerman,Kristen Bell,Kristin Davis,Kali Hawk,Tasha Smith,Carlos Ponce,Peter Serafinowicz,Jean Reno,Temuera Morrison,Jonna Walsh,Gattlin Griffith,Colin Baiocchi,Vernon Vaughn,Jersey Jim,Paul Boese,Phillip Jordan
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TagLine Couples Retreat It may be paradise... but it's no vacation.Visitor Ranting & Critics For Couples Retreat
User Ranting Movie Couples Retreat : 3.1User Count Like for Couples Retreat : 275,985
Critics Ranting For Couples Retreat : 3.6
Critics Percentage For Couples Retreat : 11 %
Review For Movie Couples Retreat
Why couldn't Couples Retreat have been lighthearted and zany throughout, instead of trying to push across a message about picket-fence monogamy?Dan Zak-Washington Post
Expectations of farce are stymied by long stretches of mid-life navel gazing.
Trevor Johnston-Time Out
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.
Keith Uhlich-Time Out New York
This 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.
Tom Long-Detroit News
There are also scenes, the disjointed kind that wander off aimlessly in the vague hope of finding a movie, not to mention a laugh.
Rick Groen-Globe and Mail
Couples Retreat is a comedy of exhaustion. But it is the comedy itself, in both concept and execution, that seems tired.
A.O. Scott-New York Times
A Tyler Perry movie for white folks.
Josh Larsen-LarsenOnFilm
Couples Retreat is a lazy, unimaginative comedy that, with the talent on show, should have been a whole lot more than another boring rom-com to throw on the pile.
Sam Bathe-Fan The Fire
...an utterly incompetent comedic affair...
David Nusair-Reel Film Reviews
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.
Paul Chambers-CNNRadio
A pleasant romantic romp likely to delight, provided you're willing to put your brain on pause for a couple of hours.
Kam Williams-Sly Fox
full review at Movies for the Masses
Joseph Proimakis-Movies for the Masses
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.
Bruce Bennett-Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
It's some kind of trick when a film can make Jason Bateman look unsubtle.
Cynthia Fuchs-Nitrate Online
Somewhere in all of this, there is the potential for a pretty good comedy, but this movie isn't it.
Peter T. Chattaway-Christianity Today
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.
Brian Gibson-Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
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.
Cosmo Landesman-Times [UK]
Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, wrote the witless script, so have only themselves to blame.
Philip French-Observer [UK]
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.
Derek Malcolm-This is London
A patchwork collection of derivative gags and relationship drama that seems leftover from old 'thirtysomething' episodes.
Stephen Silver-The Trend
Retreat as quickly as possible.
Charles Koplinski-Illinois Times
For all its visual splendor, to say nothing of its likable cast, the movie never feels as liberating as its locale.
Matt Brunson-Creative Loafing
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Movie Overview For Couples Retreat
A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.TagLine Couples Retreat It may be paradise... but it's no vacation.
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