Couples Retreat

Couples Retreat (2009)

  • 12% of critics liked it
    (155 reviews)

  • 47% of users liked it
    (275,985 ratings)

Their relationship in danger of dissipating, a couple racing to salvage their marriage invites three other couples to join them at a tropical island resort. Upon arriving at the island paradise to enjoy some carefree fun in the sun, the other couples are disturbed to discover that participation in… More

Play Trailer

PG-13, 1 hr. 54 min.
Directed By
Peter Billingsley
Written By
Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Dana Fox
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 9, 2009 Wide
On DVD
Feb 9, 2010
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Dan Zak, Washington Post

    Why couldn't Couples Retreat have been lighthearted and zany throughout, instead of trying to push across a message about picket-fence monogamy?

  • Tom Long, Detroit News

    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.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    There are also scenes, the disjointed kind that wander off aimlessly in the vague hope of finding a movie, not to mention a laugh.

  • A.O. Scott, New York Times

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

  • Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

    Greatly silly and unexpectedly wise at times.

Read all 22 critic reviews

Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com

Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)

Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)

Featured Audience Ratings

  • jay n


    Cute in parts but nothing special.

  • Jeff "


    Couples Retreat is a poorly crafted comedy. This film is so poorly made, and it's so irritating that you don't even care what happens, you lose interest halfway through. Vince Vaughn is terrible and so is Jon Favreau. I couldn't find one thing I liked about the film,… More

  • Cassie H


    I really loved this movie. It was hilarious the activities that these couples had to go through. Like Dave getting bit by that shark & the yoga that they did. I was laughing every second of this movie. In the end they all realized that they never fell out of love with each… More

  • Brad W


    Poster makes it look like a drama

  • Wildaly M


    Good for a couple laughs. The rest of the time it tries to look for laughs and only manages to bring awkward moments.

Read all 20 featured audience ratings

Cast

See full cast

Trailers & Clips