Synopsis
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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Cast
- Vince VaughnDave
- Jason BatemanJason
- Jon FavreauJoey
- Faizon LoveShane
- Kristin DavisLucy
- Malin ÅkermanRonnie
- Kristen BellCynthia
- Jean RenoMarcel
- Temuera MorrisonBriggs
- Peter SerafinowiczSctanley
Recommendations
- 67
Entertainment Weekly
Thanks to Vaughn, Favreau, and the stray sharp lines that pop out of everyone else, the film at least offers the lively sound of egos that still know how to swing. - 50
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In Couples Retreat, it's Favreau, not Vaughn, who is wound up, and this vacation comedy goes nowhere. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
A good idea for a sophisticated comedy lurks within the latest Jon Favreau-Vince Vaughn collaboration, Couples Retreat, but the filmmakers lack the courage of their convictions. So the payoff is mixed at best. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
Among the better things in the movie, I count Vaughn's well-timed and smart dialogue. - 50
Chicago Tribune
The results are boring boring. - 40
Variety
Those involved got to spend weeks at a Bora Bora luxury resort; all we get is this not lousy but unmemorable tropical-vacation comedy. - 30
L.A. Weekly
The movie’s cumulative idea is that, forgetting the delusions of midlife panic, this is all there is, you’re already living the best possible life -- a message of sedentary wisdom betrayed when the actual film is as undeniably dreary as a plate of gummy Chicken Parmesan Tanglers. - 30
Chicago Reader
A more helpful title for this date movie would have been Couples, Retreat!
