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Couples Retreat (2009) 5.4
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5.4/10 from 57,102 users
Metascore: 23/100
Reviews: 130 user | 165 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional. Director:Peter Billingsley |
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Vince Vaughn | ... | ||
| Jason Bateman | ... | ||
| Faizon Love | ... | ||
| Jon Favreau | ... | ||
| Malin Akerman | ... | ||
| Kristen Bell | ... | ||
| Kristin Davis | ... | ||
| Kali Hawk | ... | ||
| Tasha Smith | ... | ||
| Carlos Ponce | ... | ||
| Peter Serafinowicz | ... | ||
| Jean Reno | ... | ||
| Temuera Morrison | ... | ||
| Jonna Walsh | ... | ||
| Gattlin Griffith | ... | ||
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Dave and Ronnie, Jason and Cynthia, and Joey and Lucy are close. The group used to include Shane and Jennifer, but they divorced and she's gone. Jason and Cynthia announce that their marriage is in trouble, and they beg their friends (and Shane's young girlfriend) to join them on a couples' retreat, at the package rate, on a tropical island. The others reluctantly agree, planning to play while Jason and Cynthia work on their marriage with an island psychologist. To everyone's surprise, the package is inflexible: each couple must participate in the couples' exercises. Soon fault lines appear in all four relationships. What's in store for each couple? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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It may be paradise... but it's no vacation. See more »Genres:
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Rated PG-13 on appeal for sexual content and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
9 October 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Untitled Vince Vaughn Project See more »Box Office
Budget:
$60,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,825,142 (UK) (16 October 2009)Gross:
$109,176,215 (USA) (29 January 2010)Company Credits
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Written by David Romani, Tanyayette Willoughby
Performed by Change
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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Keyshia Cole, Kelly Rowland, Letoya Luckett and Meagan Good were considered for the role of Trudy. See more »Goofs
When Cynthia jumps in the bay after the ladies meet Salvadore on the east side, she is clearly wearing a blue bikini outfit. When she comes out of the water, her outfit is now pink and remains pink throughout. See more »Crazy Credits
After the credits there is another scene featuring Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau and Faizon Love. See more »Soundtracks
"A LOVER'S HOLIDAY"Written by David Romani, Tanyayette Willoughby
Performed by Change
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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What a wasted opportunity! They take 2 of our finest comedians, a beautiful cast of hard working actresses, and a great tropical setting and it comes out a stale, lifeless. laugh-free mess. Man, this was painful to watch. Vince fired off a few smile inducing one liners in the start-up domestic setting, and that was the last smile they got out of me. Once the cast was moved to the tropics, everything went wrong. Male on male embarrassment was overused -- about 5 times. Vince tried a few off the wall diatribes that fell flat. Young women swoon over Jon Favereau (huh?!?!) and he ignores the fabulous Kristen Davis?! The pratfalls to marriage are glossed over and play out badly. Every scene seems to last about 5 beats too long. Favereau gets not one, but two masturbation scenes. What??! Neither comes even close to delivering any humor. All 4 couples have shaky or totally damaged relationships and then in a 10 minute whirlwind finale, all solve their problems in a totally superficial way. And I couldn't possibly have cared less about the "Guitar Hero" duel. Yikes!!
I guess I blame the writing for being witless, shallow and lazy. The actors take that material and lay an egg with it. And a 1st time director (the legendary "Ralphie" of "Christmas Story" fame) either couldn't see it or was over-matched by having the writers and producers in front of the camera.
A huge disappointment for me, and shocking that this dribble can gross over $100M at the box office. Any evening of bad TV sitcoms would be just as "enjoyable", and $9 cheaper.