What a waste of my time!!!

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Boring

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

This is one of my favorite comedies of all time. Something my wife and I both enjoyed, and we watch it every couple of months or so. Hard to believe it's been seven years since it was made. Part of the appeal is the place it's filmed, of course, as it is spectacular. But the main thing is the relationship between the couples: at once both close and yet full of tension as only people in long-term friendships would understand. It's certainly not a slapstick, stupid comedy ala Jim Carrey, so if that's your style of comedy you probably wouldn't like it. A big part of the movie's comedy is the couple's counselors, like Ken Jeong and John Michael Higgins. Their discussion of each of the couples' marriage is hilarious.One note: The bonus materials add a lot to the overall experience. Some of the scenes I can understand why they were cut, but there was a lot of material left out there that would have made the movie even better.

Four - ish couples go on a couples therapy holiday, in order to help their friends not to get divorce. In one world the movie was okay. Now, things that I didn't like: -for a comedy, it wasn't that funny. Though I don't really enjoy the sex jokes in movies, this one had a few, yes, but the rest it was just too weak to make it funny. -the ending. Seriously? I should have expected that they would have never gone for the more in depth version, but all happy endings? And the problems solved in one night? -the big twist about the holiday was not that big -some of the acting Now, for the good parts: -it is enjoyable -the story is kind of interesting, most of the time anyway -the movie wasn't ruined because of the all star cast (which happens usually with movies having to battle too many stories with too many well known actors) -the island was beautiful So, all in all, 3 out of 10.

Couples Retreat is just not funny. There's really not much more that needs to be said. If a comedy film is not funny the film is a failure. And this is one miserable failure. Eight friends, four couples, end up at a tropical couples therapy resort. Hilarity does not ensue. There is a tiny hint of promise in the opening scenes as the story sets itself up, with one of the couples badgering the rest of their friends to go on the trip. But once we get to the resort the movie completely falls apart. Over the final 90 minutes nothing funny happens. Literally nothing. Some of the failed attempts at humor are so bad they are cringe-inducing. It is uncomfortable to watch. The film is desperate for laughs, it tries anything and everything and none of it works. Absolutely excruciating. Vince Vaughn seems incredibly bored. Jon Favreau plays a character who is a thoroughly detestable boor. Favreau was actually the lead writer of this mess of a movie, why did he write himself such a miserable character? The nicest thing you can say about anyone involved in the movie is that Jason Bateman and Faizon Love are reasonably decent. The women in the movie are completely wasted, there is nothing memorable or interesting about any of their characters. The supporting cast, headed by Jean Reno, gets no laughs. Not even a chuckle. This is an absolutely painful movie to sit through. Few comedies have ever missed the mark as completely as this one.

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.