Jul 1 2009'Couples Retreat' Trailer: Marriage! You Know What I'm Sayin'?
I can still remember my friend, the one with the "Vegas, Baby, Vegas!" poster positioned proudly above his bed, rushing into my dorm room some time in 2001 to announce the existence of Jon Favreau's Made: "Dude, it's like Swingers, but with gangster shit!" Though the film would later prove itself less mind-blowing that I'd hoped, the idea of any sort of Swingers continuation was pretty great at that point in my life. It wasn't a Star Wars prequel, but it was something.
So today, let me be your college friend announcing the next somewhat disappointing pseudo-sequel to Swingers, Couples Retreat: Dudes, it's like Swingers! Except now they're middle-aged and in depressing, loveless marriages filled with countless infidelities! And they're friends with Jason Bateman:
I feel like this is sort of tailored for married couples, but also the kind of thing that, if I were married, I would never want to watch with my spouse. Like how when I was a kid, I hated being with my family and watching that episode of Roseanne where DJ's constant use of the bathroom led the family to suspect him of masturbating. A viewing experience is never that enjoyable when the content makes you fearful of being suspected of something.
Reader Comments
1. superbang - July 1, 2009 5:50 PM
doesn't look that good
2. Jon - July 1, 2009 6:22 PM
I can't believe how fast they got out the Forgetting Sarah Marshall sequel... Oh, wait. Sorry, my bad. It just looked like that. Because of the setting. And the only vaguely different premise. And the characters. And most of the actors.
3. Joe - July 1, 2009 7:10 PM
So 4 couples...3 guys are dumpy or fat, and the 4 wives/girlfriends are all hot.
Fantasyland.
Is it me, or does Vince Vaughn play the exact same character in all his movies? He has the acting range of an opossum. He is always manic or flubbery. And when he is "quiet/serious", like the last 20 minutes of "The Break-Up", it's ungodly uncomfortable.
He must just be a great guy to hang around with to keep getting work doing the same thing.
4. Sergeant Poop - July 1, 2009 7:26 PM
Vince Vaughn plays himself in all of his movies...he's great at doing it and the character is hilarious...so whats the problem?
5. Charlie Caligula - July 1, 2009 7:56 PM
This looks bad.
6. rockosolido - July 1, 2009 10:00 PM
God diggity damn, I love Malin Ackerman.
7. Horrible. - July 1, 2009 10:10 PM
i think i'd rather die than watch this and if i ever get a fat disgusting husband like that i'd just push him off the boat
8. Kurt C. - July 1, 2009 10:43 PM
I was digging the trailer, and then....Jimmy Buffet.....
9. rob - July 1, 2009 11:44 PM
a meandering mess
10. Sonfilmizle - July 2, 2009 6:14 AM
God diggity damn
http://www.sonfilmizle.com
11. Dave - July 2, 2009 9:39 AM
Being on the other side of a marriage and subsequent divorce, I'm laughing at the youthful snobbery in these comments. Most marriages suck. Everyone gets old and maintaining a sense of humor is your only hope of success. Hopefully this film has got some comedy goods and maybe some pearls of wisdom you wish you listened to 10 years from now. If you are in your early to mid 20's, it's coming faster than you think. Most of you are doomed....DOOMED! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
12. che-che - July 2, 2009 10:30 AM
MADE has the most f-words in a movie ever! i will give this movie a chance, it has fucking big PERM!... BIG WORM!
@14- i will visit your site if it has hairy sex with teen wolf.
13. yes - July 2, 2009 12:11 PM
I've had my way with girls framed exactly like Kristen Bell and let me tell you, it is on a different level.
14. JuliaJolie - July 3, 2009 10:38 PM
@13: I'm in my 20s and married. Only been a year and I can identify with most of the shit in that trailer. Including the attractiveness dynamics, sadly.
15. Gando - July 5, 2009 10:12 AM
"retreat" or "retread"?
16. Dave - July 6, 2009 4:50 PM
@17. Sorry to hear that. Good luck. Keep laughing.
17. Elovitz - July 7, 2009 10:53 PM
@13
Why bother with marriage? It's not worth it. Same with having kids. Win/win!