Couples Retreat
Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.
28 February 1971, Camden, New Jersey, USA
14 August 1973, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
10 April 1981, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
28 January 1981, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
31 July 1989, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
14 January 1969, Rye, New York, USA
14 April 1961, Edgeware, Middlesex, England, UK
12 February 1963, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
18 July 1980, Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA
4 September 1972, Santurce, Puerto Rico
April 15, 2010
Couples Retreat is a lazy, unimaginative comedy that, with the talent on show, should have been a whole lot more than another boring rom-com to throw on the pile.October 16, 2009
Expectations of farce are stymied by long stretches of mid-life navel gazing.October 09, 2009
There are also scenes, the disjointed kind that wander off aimlessly in the vague hope of finding a movie, not to mention a laugh.March 14, 2010
...an utterly incompetent comedic affair...March 04, 2011
A Tyler Perry movie for white folks.October 16, 2009
Why couldn't Couples Retreat have been lighthearted and zany throughout, instead of trying to push across a message about picket-fence monogamy?October 14, 2009
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.July 06, 2010
Although co-written by Vince Vaughn & Jon Favreau, their magic of past is scantly seen.October 09, 2009
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.December 10, 2009
full review at Movies for the MassesOctober 14, 2009
The actresses are so wasted, they're even demoted to fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth billing under every one of the dudes. At least the guys aren't having fun either.