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Why couldn't Couples Retreat have been lighthearted and zany throughout, instead of trying to push across a message about picket-fence monogamy?
Dan Zak, Washington Post
Couples Retreat
It may be paradise... but it's no vacation.
2009 · 1h 53m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Peter Billingsley
Overview
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.
Director and cast
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Expectations of farce are stymied by long stretches of mid-life navel gazing.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten
It's too easy to say that Peter Billingsley shot his eye out with this inept comic trifle, but...well, he shot his eye out.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Rotten
This is one of those films, like last week's Whip It and so many others of late, that looks like it was a lot fun to make. It's just not all that much fun to watch.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Rotten
There are also scenes, the disjointed kind that wander off aimlessly in the vague hope of finding a movie, not to mention a laugh.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
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