Couples Retreat

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The first time I watched this movie, I thought of it as very average. However, this movie gets better and better the more times you watch it. Now, I don't pop this movie in the blue-ray player on a night when I have nothing to do, but this movie has been on HBO a lot lately, and every time I come across it, I find myself watching the next 20-30 minutes of it, and laughing a lot. Maybe it's because I am married and the jokes in the movie are fun to crack with my wife ... I don't know, but this movie cannot be judged based on just watching it once. Maybe it's also because Ctanley (yes, Stanley with a C) reminds me of a guy that I used to work with. Vince Vaughn is classic, as always. One of the few actors that can be the same type of character in every movie and play it off perfectly. The rest of the cast of characters is perfect for the movie - a great mix of 8 friends who all have their own personalities.

I just don't know what to think about Vince Vaughn. I enjoyed both Old School and Wedding Crashers. However, he was really a second fiddle in both movies. I don't think he can carry a movie. Take for instance The Break Up or Four Christmas'....both of these movies have the same feel as Couples Retreat. Dreadful. Couples Retreat just isn't funny. The character development is non existent. It's so bad, you don't even really like any of the whiny characters in the film. There are canned comedy situations linked together by brooding, depressed, complaining couples who are all totally dysfunctional. Not funny dysfunctional in a Clark Griswold way, just dysfunctional in an annoying way that makes you pray for the movie to end. The best way to put this is that the movie is uncomfortable. You are waiting for things to turn for the better and for the movie to pick up but it just doesn't. Try a root canal instead, it would be more enjoyable. Save your time and read a book or watch some TV.

Hollywood should be ashamed this film got made..i thought they employed readers to sift through all the scripts they get sent and pick only the best... anyway i only slightly laughed 3 times in this 1hour 50 minutes of shite. I will never ever allow my self to sit through a film this bad again..next time im hitting the stop button as soon as i know the films crap...for this film simply don't even rent or buy it its terrible. Its so boring you may want to commit suicide its that bad..how its classified as a comedy is beyond me. Naked gun is a comedy , couples retreat is a big steaming pile of poo, its just so stupid it may only appeal to people with Iq's less than 45 and that means retards update im sorry i lied i sat through knight and day without walking out of the cinema thats another pile of poo !

Why oh why do they churn these things out? It's not too bad, but it's not too good, either. The worst part is (SPOILER, OF SORTS)that they have to have the obligatory cheesy happy ending with Judge Judy/Oprah moralising. Small films are good, even smaller Hollywood films keep the Spielbergs honest, but Vaughan et al have substantial names and budgets and Hollywood lifestyles that don't justify them turning out comedies they wrote (and in this case, acted) in their sleep. Come on, even the ubiquitous Ben Stiller still makes an effort to have original characterisations. Really, not that bad, but lazy writing and a huge wasted potential (these actors can be funny, elsewhere, though) means no high grades for this one.

Ahh. Comedy. Great acting. Realistic story lines for each couple. What more could you want? It's been a while since I sat down and laughed during a comedy. This was everything I needed. I don't know how I didn't find this movie before since it is 2021 and this was made in 2009, but it is still so great. Definitely watching again! So many big names as well. Hollywood did good!

This movie will go down as a "good cast, bad movie" The movie wasn't horrible but it just didn't have that mmmph! If it did, I would have been up to actually watch it. One word >>> Boring! Couples Retreat is based on an original idea of Vaughn's, the comedy follows four Midwestern couples who embark on a journey to a tropical island resort. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the other three set out to jet ski, spa and enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon discover that participation in the resort's couples therapy is not optional. Suddenly, their group-rate vacation comes at a price. What follows is a hilarious look at real world problems faced by all couples.