The whole production just comes off as a paid vacation at Club Med for Vaughn and friends.
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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: $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
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Couples Retreat has an eye, and ear, for the way relationships fall apart terribly slowly and then all at once. What it lacks is a truly concentrated comedy punch, preferring instead to land a series of scattered jabs from the 16 arms of its eight leads.
10/09/09
A giant black hole in the center of the comedy universe sucking in the best ideas and situations from other entities into an inescapable ride to nothingness.
10/09/09
For those of us who were weened on the idea that we're all "money, and we don't even know it" Couples Retreat is a little difficult to see, but is it bad? Not entirely. It's not entirely good either.
10/09/09
Like 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
Couples Retreat is neither funny nor honest. The exact opposite of a retreat, it's merely exhausting.
10/09/09
Beneath 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
It'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 CriticAside from a few almost accidental Vaughn- and Bateman-isms, there is not an amusing moment in the entire 107-minute film -- and no insight, or heart, or even genuine sweetness, either.
10/08/09
The cast's enthusiasm goes a long way toward keeping the whole mediocre affair from becoming completely intolerable.
10/08/09
This is what passes for middle of the road comedy these days, safe without being prudish, never too disturbing, never too funny.
10/08/09
Top CriticCouples Retreat is ridiculous and whorish, but the minds behind it are too sharp to simply leave it at that.
10/08/09
Doesn't have either the guts or wherewithal to follow through with the humor and stick to its setup.
10/08/09
Couples Retreat is an unending parade of offensive scenes, a tedious cavalcade of miserable, shallow people with whom we are no doubt supposed to identify but with whom we should hope to see nothing in common.
10/08/09
Vaughn/Favreau marriage comedy has lots of sex, drinking.
10/08/09
The end result, sad to say, is just about as entertaining as watching someone else's home movies for two solid hours
10/08/09
Parental Content Review
10/08/09
Kinda stupid, kinda funny. It's the ultimate fall film.
10/08/09
It's not that the laughs aren't there, it's just that they're telegraphed.
10/08/09
What'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
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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