janettemoman
5 stars? Really? I LOVE this movie. If it ever comes on TV my hubby and I totally crack up. We actually like the couples and their personalities and idiosyncrasies. We'd take this stupid vacation and put up with the Pelican Package for that paradise. One of my favorite scenes is when they are considering going home on day one when they realize they have requirements, then they get all that amazing food and drinks - so, so funny! I know the feeling - give me an awesome dinner and I will say yes, too! I about die during the therapy sessions, and nothing...nothing is better than the yoga with Salvadore. Those moments alone are worth the whole movie. We actually like this as a couple - but I can see how certain generations wouldn't like it. You need to watch the UNEDITED version - TV edits out the best moments.
Taylor Kingston
I honestly have to say that I enjoyed this movie. I bought it on Bluray when they had a 2 for $20.00 special. Since I owned most of them, that I already wanted to buy, I bought this, to save money. I'm not a person who buys movies they haven't seen. Especially because, up until this point, every movie I bought without seeing, I ended up hating or just average liking them, and never would have bought them anyway. This, thankfully, was not that case.This movie is a comedy centered around four couples who go to a tropical island resort for vacation. One of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the others didn't know that they have to participate in couples counselling as a requirement for staying at the resort. It is not optional. Which I don't think is really fair, but if they failed to realize that, then I can't help them. They have many ups and downs in this movie, many highs and lows. A lot of great cast help make this a very funny movie.Overall, I give this movie an 8 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Awesome.
SnoopyStyle
Dave (Vince Vaughn) and Ronnie (Malin Åkerman) are a loving couple with two little sons. Joey (Jon Favreau) and Lucy Tanzini (Kristin Davis) are high school sweethearts with 18 year old daughter Lacey who is about to go to college. Shane (Faizon Love) is separated from his wife and is with a much younger girlfriend Trudy (Kali Hawk). Jason (Jason Bateman) and Cynthia Smith (Kristen Bell) are unable to conceive and considering divorce. They give a PowerPoint presentation to entice the other three couples to go to therapy resort Eden the next week. The retreat is divided into Eden West for couples and Eden East for singles. Marcel (Jean Reno) is the unusual therapist owner. He is joined by therapists Ken Jeong, John Michael Higgins, Charlotte Cornwell and Amy Hill. Then there is the overly amorous yoga instructor Salvadore (Carlos Ponce).I actually like the various couples and their family in the first 20 minutes. The peeing in the store is a fun joke. This could be a fun family movie with a good cast of couples. I really don't like the resort. The whole vibe for the movie turns. The loving couples become annoyingly combative. The nice family feel turns into a sleazy sex romp and not a good one. Every instructor is annoying. The whole couple's therapy is annoyingly stupid and not funny stupid. I don't want to be in their therapy sessions any more than some of those characters. The shark feeding is kinda funny but very limited.
Adam Cinelioglu
I'm not a fan of this genre of film - but Couples Retreat never fails to bore me!It is a much higher standard of a romantic comedy, and has deeper levels than all the wash and reused story lines of most terrible films within this genre that often get high reviews undeservedly.The characters all have their share of screen time and the chemistry between the whole group works hilariously !! No one tries to steal camera time, and the cast doesn't trip over each other in an attempt to try and be the funniest, they give each other space and the interaction works so organically to the situations within the film.The length of the movie is longer than most romantic comedies as well which is not a problem, but is instead a fantastic opportunity for such a genre to actually explore the individual relationships more personally, instead of using the same old relationship issues that we usually see.I usually pick and choose which actors/actresses I preferred in this movie, but all of the cast just clicked so well for me and kept the movie interesting.A really fun movie, great to watch and watch again and again. A fantastic escape with hilarious results and down-to-earth relationship conflicts. A fresh approach to romantic comedies and a brave leap into new waters (no pun intended), and most of all - a success!Definitely worth a watch! (or three!)
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