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.
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10/09/09
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.
Rated: 15 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:14-10-2009
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
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
The whole production just comes off as a paid vacation at Club Med for Vaughn and friends.
10/09/09
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
Earnest, not particularly funny, and ultimately unforgivably sentimental. Somewhere along the way someone forgot humour.
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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