Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Jon Favreau ...( see more  see more... ) , Kristin Davis , Faizon Love , Kali Hawk , Carlos Ponce , Tasha Smith , Peter Serafinowicz , Jean Reno , John Michael Higgins , Ken Jeong

A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation ...( read more  read more... )in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.

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12% liked it

146 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Peter Billingsley

Release Date: October 9, 2009

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DVD Release Date: February 9, 2010

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  • December 29, 2009
    Couples Retreat is a comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional. Couples Ret...( read more)reat is like a romantic comedy but without all the romantic stuff, well maybe a little bit of romance at the end but that's it. It has many funny moments. The locations are wonderful all the landscapes are fantastic. The cast is really good, Vince Vaughn still got the necessary to make people laugh, Jon Favreau is also very funny in this movie. Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis and Malin Akerman all three with very decent performancesand the one thet steals the show is latin actor Carlos Ponce with his performance of yoga instructor, he was hilarious. To conclude, Couples Retreat is a movie with the only purpose of entertaining, and I think it accomplishes it very nice.
  • November 8, 2009
    it has its jokes, but nothing great. I expected more. but still ok 2 watch, i'd rent it.
  • November 5, 2009
    It was funny, but the ending was just kinda...blah. Not really sure what I was expecting, but it kinda just ended!
  • October 30, 2009
    Not very realistic or relatable. But slightly more relatable for couples to watch rather than singles. Beautiful scenery and beautiful people is all this really offers. It didn't make any sense how Shane's ex-wife showed up on the singles side of the island to renew their marr...( read more)iage. I didn't care for the guitar hero battle at the "Ponderosa." The way all the couples renew their marriages at the singles mixer is cheesy. Well, the couple played by Vince Vaughn and Malin Akerman were slightly less cheesy than the others. But then the movie topped off all that cheese with more cheese. Jean Reno as Marcel does a rip off of the Wizard of Oz being revealed behind the curtain and passing out some fluffy philosophy and token "animal spirit" gifts to each couple.
  • October 20, 2009
    Very obvious, flat, formulaic, unoriginal and old plot idea here which isn't helped by the fact it isn't actually funny either. Maybe you gotta be married I dunno but most of the jokes have been seen and done yonks ago in (at the time) amusing Chevy Chase type films hehe
    The cast...( read more) is bland and uninteresting with the slight exception of Vaughan who's flat deadpan deliveries are always a smile raiser, Jean Reno is awful as the mystic island leader with all the marriage secrets and really I cant think of anything good to say here LOL sorry.
    In short its poo (unless your a married couple perhaps but don't get your hopes up)
  • January 3, 2010
    The only funny parts were the parts shown in the previews so just watch the trailer if you're considering wasting time to see the actual movie.
  • January 3, 2010
    funny and inapropriate
  • January 2, 2010
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  • January 2, 2010
    yawn... boriiing... but the place where they shot this film is awesome!
  • January 2, 2010
    Again not another one i am sure i want to waste my money at the theater but I will rent it when it comes out on DVD!

Critic Reviews


October 9, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Couples Retreat is a comedy of exhaustion. But it is the comedy itself, in both concept and execution, that seems tired. full review

October 9, 2009
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Couples Retreat is neither funny nor honest. The exact opposite of a retreat, it's merely exhausting. full review

October 9, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today

It's too bad Couples Retreat is so poorly written and conceived, given the talented cast and chemistry between Vaughn and pal Favreau. We're meant to relate to these hapless folks or laugh at their fo... full review

October 8, 2009
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

A marriage-renewal comedy with a decent cast, a few good ideas and no clear grasp on what to do with them. full review

October 8, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

The cast got to spend a month shooting on Bora Bora. So that explains why they're in the movie. Why you'd spend good money for a ticket to watch them have all the fun and not have any fun yourself pas... full review

October 8, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Couples Retreat is a pleasant, undemanding, middle-of-the-road comedy, and really, were you expecting anything else? full review

October 8, 2009
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Imagine that you are listening in on the marriage-counseling sessions of the dullest couple you know. Multiply that by four, and you've got a pretty good approximation of the experience of watching Co... full review

October 8, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Yes, there's pointed human comedy to be mined from the very real stresses of married life, but this bonehead idiots-in- paradise farce raises issues only to gloss them over. full review

October 8, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It contains little comedy, except for free-standing one-liners, and no suspense, except for the timing of the obligatory reconciliation. It doesn't even make you think you'd like to visit its island p... full review

October 7, 2009
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Ultimately comes off as merely an excuse for stars to take a vacation on the studio's%u2014and moviegoing public's%u2014dime. full review

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    January 2, 2010
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  • ilovetheeightiesforever
    November 22, 2009
    well I liked this movie alot, it was funny and if I could ever go away to a retreat like this one, I def would love to go to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this movie was good, I am glad I saw it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • soledcy
    October 10, 2009
    well it's very sumarise
  • nowmearrieta
    October 9, 2009
    i love it routten

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