Rotten
This is a watchable but rather drab romcom which relies too often on Apatow-school cliche.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
The Five-Year Engagement
A comedy about the journey between popping the question and tying the knot.
2012 · 2h 4m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Nicholas Stoller
Overview
Exactly one year after Tom meets Violet, he surprises her with a wedding ring. By all accounts, Tom and Violet are destined for their happily ever after. However, this engaged couple just keep getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.
Director and cast
- Nicholas Stoller Director
- Jason Segel as Tom Solomon
- Emily Blunt as Violet Barnes
- Rhys Ifans as Winton Childs
- Chris Pratt as Alex Eilhauer
- Alison Brie as Suzie Barnes
- Jacki Weaver as Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes
- Jim Piddock as George Barnes
- David Paymer as Pete Solomon
- Mimi Kennedy as Carol Solomon
- Mindy Kaling as Vaneetha
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An exemplary modern romantic comedy, personal and symbolic, goofy and substantial, tightly imagined yet loosely strung, wise in bewilderment.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Fresh
Like Apatow's "Funny People," the film is an intentional hybrid: half gag comedy, half open-ended exploration of everything that can go wrong -- and occasionally right -- between two people whom nature, if not society, means to be together.
David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh
A charming, funny, reactionary mating comedy from the Judd Apatow factory...
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
A fun, entertaining picture, and another credit to Segel's rising career as a writer and star.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
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