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.
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10/16/09
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.
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $108,134,160
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
Reviews for Couples Retreat
21 - 40 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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
Top CriticThree 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
It is this vanity, this overweening self-regard, that makes Couples Retreat such a chore to sit through.
10/16/09
Top CriticA loo book written by Pol Pot would have more laughs than this chillingly unfunny, cynically prefabricated non-comedy.
10/16/09
Top CriticThe 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
Top CriticIf 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
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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