Couples Retreat, an unfortunate waste of nearly two hours. A cheery film that looks like it was a blast to make, but everything is lost in the translation. Proof that Vince Vaughn has gone the downhill way of Will Ferrell, only Vaughn is without any recent Step Brothers-quality fare to partially salvage the wreckage; Four Christmases is only mediocre when put next to Fred Claus.
You get the hint—–I’m not a fan of this one. But I have legitimate reasons, all of which are expressed in my piece over at Critics Notebook, why don’t cha?:
Critics Notebook: COUPLES RETREAT (2009)
Why not, right?
