Directed by:
Peter BillingsleyCinematography:
Eric Alan EdwardsComposer:
A.R. RahmanCast:
Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Faizon Love, Kristin Davis, Malin Åkerman, Kristen Bell, Temuera Morrison, Jean Reno, Peter Serafinowicz (more)VOD (5)
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Comedy co-written by and starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau. Four couples go on holiday together to a tropical island resort. While one of the couples has taken the break for the purpose of working on their marriage, the other three are there purely to enjoy the spa, sea and sun. They soon discover, however, that the therapy sessions that come with the holiday package are compulsory rather than voluntary. Consequently, they are forced to participate and, as a result, all the everyday problems faced by each couple are exposed to humorous effect. (Universal Pictures UK)
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Given how bizarre and predictable the plot looks and how annoyed the first audience reactions were, my relative satisfaction in the end is surprisingly high. The actors are great, the main trio of actresses is literally divine, and every joke works better in all those beautiful locations than in clichéd city sets. And even though an occasional line or scene is a bit off, at the end I couldn't wipe the smile off my face.
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The only things worth mentioning here are the actors and the most photogenic island of French Polynesia. Everything else is just water in the ocean. Each of the actors has already done something similar but better and you’ll enjoy Bora Bora more in any documentary. There is not a single reason to see this movie. Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau got paid for the “script” and then got paid even more for frolicking in front of cameras in a location most people can only dream of visiting. That’s what I call the American dream.
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This is terrible, even though the cast wasn't completely bad - Kristen Bell is fine, Jean Reno is fine, Kristin Davis is fine, and Temuera Morrison is fine, but Couples Retreat is a disaster that nearly left me blind.
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Another example of how Vince Vaughn is a bad actor and how he chooses films where he basically doesn't have to act at all. It's the same old story - bad jokes, great actors, terrible characters, interesting and unused ideas. It can't be saved by the cast. I don't want to experience something like this again. I guess I'll still have to watch similar films...
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