Written by: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn and Dana Fox
Directed by: Peter Billingsley
Genre: Comedy
Yeah, I know I’m well behind the ball in reviewing Couples Retreat but I only just saw it and am in need of content for my little blog, and to be honest, when I first heard about this sometime last year I was super excited because it stars so many of my favourite actors and actresses. Look at this list:
Vince Vaughn
Jason Bateman
Jon Favreau
Kristen Bell
Malin Akerman
Kristin Davis
Ken Jeong
John Michael Higgins
That’s one super-impressive list of hot and funny people. Despite the low review scores I was still left to wonder how this film could possibly fail.
Because it’s an unfunny piece of shit that says nothing and goes nowhere, that’s how.
I’m kind of at a loss to put into words how totally average and unfunny the film is. I seriously don’t think I laughed once during the entire thing. The one guy I thought would shine despite the movie getting terrible reviews was Jason Bateman who you can always depend upon to bring the laughs with his understated dry delivery. But no, not even Michael Bluth himself ended up being funny. Instead he was probably the most annoying, insufferable person in the movie, easily trumping Jean Reno and his new age hippie routine. Every single person in Couples Retreat sank to a new low and yet I continued to watch for the chance to see some more bare flesh from the ladies.
After it became obvious within the first 15 minutes that the movie was painfully unfunny I stuck around simply for the chance to see the three beautiful ladies in either their underwear or bikinis. And it’s in that regard only that the movie can be called a success. The scene in the banner pic is hands down the best thing about the film and is the only reason I can see to give it even an average score. The sad truth is that Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn and Dana Fox cannot write good comedy. Favreau and Vaughn may be great in some of their previous roles, but good comedic acting does not translate to good comedic writing.
RATING: 5/10
CONCLUSION
Watch it for the stunning Kristen Bell, Malin Akerman and Kristin Davis standing on the beach in their underwear. Better yet, search Google Images for screencaps from the scene and save yourself from 113 minutes of completely unfunny shit.
