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.
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10/09/09
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: $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
Reviews for Couples Retreat
61 - 80 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
The "retreat" in the title is surely a warning to any potential ticket buyers.
10/09/09
Couples Retreat is a comedy/drama mix, but it's mostly the comedy parts that work.
10/09/09
Vaughn and Favreau sprinkle in a couple of hilarious jokes throughout but that does not save this formulaic, cliché and horribly paced comedy
10/09/09
There 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
Couples 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
You 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
This deeply unfunny film is further proof that movie comedy these days -- in its acting, writing, directing -- is far below the average sitcom.
10/09/09
There's a thoughtful message here about fighting to make marriage work despite the hardships that come in any relationship but the jokes will keep audiences entertained.
10/09/09
While Billingsley acquits himself well in the directing department, it's the script that finally sinks (this film).
10/09/09
Has nothing to offer but a lively ensemble cast and beautiful scenery while falling flat as a comedy that's painfully low on laughs and high on juvenile, asinine and uninspired attempts at humor.
10/09/09
If battering an audience in the face with Jon Favreau's waxed bosoms for 102 minutes now qualifies as comedy, I never want to laugh again.
10/09/09
during the shark attack . . . the sympathy was not necessarily with the humans in the water
10/09/09
At least Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and their fellow cast and crewmates were able to spend time on a gorgeous tropical island while making this mirthless, half-hearted relationship comedy.
10/09/09
Instead of capitalizing on some original issues, the tired standards are glossed over and solved, but not in a funny way.
10/09/09
All the marriage-mending becomes really tiresome when all we want is some laughs.
10/09/09
A loud, crude, dreary misfire that feels like it was cobbled together from material cut from other lousy comedies.
10/09/09
The only way to look at Couples Retreat as a bookend to Swingers is to note how far these two talented stars have fallen.
10/09/09
By the time it starts getting dramatic, I was rooting for each one of them to get a divorce.
10/09/09
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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