Couples Retreat Page #4

Synopsis: Dave and Ronnie, Jason and Cynthia, and Joey and Lucy are close. The group used to include Shane and Jennifer, but they divorced and she's gone. Jason and Cynthia announce that their marriage is in trouble, and they beg their friends (and Shane's young girlfriend) to join them on a couples' retreat, at the package rate, on a tropical island. The others reluctantly agree, planning to play while Jason and Cynthia work on their marriage with an island psychologist. To everyone's surprise, the package is inflexible: each couple must participate in the couples' exercises. Soon fault lines appear in all four relationships. What's in store for each couple?
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Peter Billingsley
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
23
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
PG-13
Year:
2009
113 min
$109,176,215
Website
1,668 Views


And if it's not meant to be,

we just don't want to waste

any more of each other's time.

Yeah. Because, if we do get divorced,

it will take at least six months

to go through the five stages of grief.

For the sake of argument,

let's optimistically assume it takes

six months to find compatible mates.

Tack on another 12 months for courtship,

an additional six months

for attempting procreation...

You can see how this starts to stack up.

Sounds like you guys are really

working from the heart on this one.

Well, we're lost, Dave,

and so what we need to do is we

need to take the next two weeks

and we need to find out whether

we're gonna push forward,

or whether we're gonna fold up shop.

And that is why we are going to go here.

You're on, Cyn.

Welcome to Eden. Okay? The

ultimate playground for couples.

It's got fun, it's got sun.

It's Disneyland for adults.

Wow. That is amazing.

Yeah, you guys are gonna have a blast.

Actually, we have found

a great group rate.

Oh, there's the fine print.

No, now... Now, Joey, you know, just...

The embarrassing fact is that, you know,

Cynthia and I can't afford to

go to this place by ourselves,

but if all of us go

together, it's half-price.

It's called the Pelican Package.

Okay? It's six nights, seven

days and it's all inclusive.

And there are quite a few

activities you can choose from.

Who here likes to eat?

I know you guys do. I sure do.

Right? Boom!

Why not do it at a

four-star restaurant?

You guys, it has a

state-of-the-art spa.

Ah. Mmm-hmm.

They've got your kayaking,

they've got your windsurfing,

they've got your canoeing,

they've got your jet skiing. Wow.

It's got Couples Skill

Building and snorkeling...

Who, whoa, whoa. Back up.

What was that last thing?

Snorkeling?

No, no. Before snorkeling

and after jet skiing,

you said, "Couples Skill Building."

That sounds like therapy to me.

See, that's gonna be a problem.

We don't believe in therapy. No.

Hell to the no.

Then you don't have to do it.

That's the great thing about

the Pelican Package, you guys.

It really includes everything.

Obviously, Jason and I want to partake

in the Couples Skill Building,

but you guys can just do the fun stuff.

So what are we asking?

We're asking for you

guys to fly to paradise

and have an awesome time, okay?

I mean, this... Come

on, it would be a blast.

Jason, I got a job,

and with everything that's going on with

the house and with the kids right now,

it would be impossible

for us to leave them.

Yeah, we can't.

When was the last time you

two took a vacation? Hmm?

I mean, don't you want to go

to this island and have fun,

together, as a couple?

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