It's one bland scene after another, played at medium pace with middling creativity, punctuated with a near-desperate attempt at a laugh
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10/08/09
Couples Retreat (2009)
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Reviews Counted:144
Fresh:17
Rotten:127
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: $104,992,030
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
121 - 140 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Couples Retreat leaves a good cast stranded without a script, although the cast isn't in much of a position to complain.
10/08/09
Every time the performers insinuate some fresh response, the concepts close in on them. I began to dread even the funny bits, because I knew director Peter Billingsley would milk them to death.
10/08/09
Before booking a ticket, I urge you to retreat.
10/08/09
A comedy without any identifiable humor. Retreat is dreadful, but to consider just how many gifted performers are here treading water makes the heart sick. Ralphie, how dare you.
10/08/09
Predictable, but humorous.
10/08/09
Couples, retreat.
10/08/09
Though I enjoy nearly everyone on-screen in Couples Retreat, I found it pretty meager and more than a little depressing.
10/08/09
Couples Retreat is essentially Vaughn and Favreau's baby, and it is absolutely, inexcusably terrible.
10/08/09
Maybe it's pointless to complain about the shocking lack of elegance to an instantly forgettable bit of multiplex fluff like Couples Retreat. It's like complaining about the food at Applebee's...
10/08/09
On the surface, "Couples Retreat" appears to be a quickly stitched together comedy that places a bunch of likable actors in a tropical setting for some cheap laughs. And that's exactly what it is.
10/08/09
The scenery makes you want to be somewhere other than a movie theater, and the movie has the same effect.
10/08/09
Somebody shoot Vince Vaughn before he makes another insipid, inane and idiotic movie.
10/08/09
It contains little comedy, except for free-standing one-liners, and no suspense, except for the timing of the obligatory reconciliation. It doesn't even make you think you'd like to visit its island paradise.
10/08/09
Top CriticHas no redeeming qualities whatsoever, and makes extra effort to insult its audience whenever possible.
10/07/09
A few funny lines and ideas emerge here and there, but Couples Retreat mostly feels repetitive and overlong at nearly two hours. You wouldn’t mind getting voted off this island.
10/07/09
The capable cast is stuck in a movie that's rated PG-13, with flabby, middle-age pacing.
10/07/09
This intermittently funny tale of four couples undergoing relationship therapy struggles hard for its occasional laughs.
10/07/09
Those involved got to spend weeks at a Bora Bora luxury resort; all we get is this not lousy but unmemorable tropical-vacation comedy.
10/07/09
Top CriticUltimately comes off as merely an excuse for stars to take a vacation on the studio's%u2014and moviegoing public's%u2014dime.
10/07/09
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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