Couples Retreat Page #5

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
1,685 Views


What kind of question is that?

That's like asking Richard Simmons,

would he rather stuff his face

or skip around to the oldies.

Of course he'd rather stuff

his face, but he can't,

'cause he's... He's got

to stay thin so he can...

So he can get up and do his

thing and... And make videos.

Maybe he needs the money. Maybe

he's got a gambling problem!

I don't know what goes

on in that dude's head!

And I'd love to go to that

island, but I can't, either.

Not 'cause I got to make videos like

Rich, but I got other obligations.

Listen, I can really appreciate

the situation that you guys are in.

Right, well, we need

to know by midnight.

We've been on the wait list forever

and these slots just opened up.

We'd need to leave next week.

Next week?

That's right.

What happened to spontaneity?

What happened to fun?

I don't know. Why don't we

have a PowerPoint presentation

on spontaneity and fun

and figure that one out?

Look, Cynthia and I

need this trip, okay?

I mean, really. You

know, the problem is,

you know, we've stopped having fun

and we're not even sure we

know how to anymore, okay?

So, what we need to find out

is can we get back to the place

where we really enjoy

each other, you know?

Can we get back to the place

of, you know, being in love?

Cynthia's IM-ing me.

Jason was IM-ing me all night.

What'd you tell him?

I logged off.

The place did look beautiful.

You know what it made me think?

It'd kind of be like we got

to take our honeymoon, finally.

God, yeah.

That'd be great.

Really?

Yeah.

Don't you think? I mean, I don't

know, maybe it's a girl thing.

When you're a little girl,

you dream about your

wedding and your honeymoon...

You know.

I was pretty lucky to

get that job right away.

Yeah, of course.

I mean, I can't even imagine...

Living in your dad's

basement any longer? No.

It's funny how time goes so fast.

That doesn't seem that long ago.

No.

Seems like we just had so much going on

and we have ever since,

but maybe the thing to do is just really

buckle down over these next six months

and then when we come up

for air, we'll go somewhere.

That sounds like a plan.

Dave? Did you hear that?

Go back to bed, honey.

What's going on?

I think there's someone outside.

Okay, I'll check it out.

Honey, be careful.

Freeze! Do not move!

Hey, don't... No, it's me, it's

me, it's me! It's me! It's Jason!

What's going on?

It's fine, honey, it's Jason.

Hello!

Why didn't you call?

Didn't want to wake you up.

Sorry, blew that. Back to bed.

Are you crazy? I could've

blown your head off!

What does that say about you, huh?

Rapists don't gently toss

pebbles at the window, Dave.

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Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau is an American actor, filmmaker and comedian. As an actor, he is known for roles in films such as Rudy, Swingers, Very Bad Things, The Break-Up, and Chef. more…

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