Couples Retreat

2009 "It may be paradise... but it's no vacation."
5.5| 1h53m| PG-13| en
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Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want to enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon find, however, that paradise comes at a price: Participation in couples therapy sessions is mandatory. What started out as a cut-rate vacation turns into an examination of the common problems many face.

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KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?
Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen
SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
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.
ComedyFan2010 The movie has really an all star cast which is probably the main thing that drives people to it. I definitely got curious when I saw Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman and Kristin Davis. The rest of cast are all very famous as well. It is a bit sad that it didn't work out to be as promising as it was.Actually the start is pretty good. When we are introduced to the characters and the situation it seems like it will be a great movie. Only the problem is that the characters stay pretty much on the same tune all movie long. And the jokes seem to be repeated over and over together with the clichés until the very predictable ending.I think one of the mistakes was to make this movie PG 13. This way all the dirty humor they attempted was too infantile, not risky enough and at the same time such young people would not be interested in such a movie, teenagers don't like to watch movies about "old people".But it is not too bad. Just don't expect too much. Just an all star cast with great actors, beautiful scenery and some lighthearted humor that is not very clever or original.
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!)
richieandsam COUPLES RETREATIt was alright.It's a comedy about a couple who are considering divorce, so decide to go to a retreat where there is are therapy sessions that would help them decide if they should separate or work on their relationship... they take 3 of their friends with them who only go for the holiday and end up having a nightmare.The movie stars Vince Vaughn. I quite like Vince, but the only problem is he has no range. All of his roles are the same. He can't change his personality. The movie also stars Jason Bateman, Faizon Love & Jon Favreau. They all did good jobs. I thought they were quite good. The ladies also did good jobs. Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis & Kali Hawk. But I have to say my favourite character in the movie was Salvadore, played by Carlos Ponce. He was by far the funniest character in the movie. His yoga class was really funny.The film was entertaining, but the problem is, it wasn't that funny. For a comedy, there was only 1 laugh out loud moment. I was hoping it would have been funnier.I will give this film 6 out of 10.Entertaining, but disappointing at the same time.For more of my reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl