Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want to enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon find, however, that paradise comes at a price: Participation in couples therapy sessions is mandatory. What started out as a cut-rate vacation turns into an examination of the common problems many face.
There are also scenes, the disjointed kind that wander off aimlessly in the vague hope of finding a movie, not to mention a laugh.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
9 Oct 2009
rotten:
This is one of those films, like last week's Whip It and so many others of late, that looks like it was a lot fun to make. It's just not all that much fun to watch.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
9 Oct 2009
rotten:
It's too easy to say that Peter Billingsley shot his eye out with this inept comic trifle, but...well, he shot his eye out.
– Keith Uhlich,
Time Out New York,
14 Oct 2009
rotten:
Expectations of farce are stymied by long stretches of mid-life navel gazing.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
16 Oct 2009
rotten:
Why couldn't Couples Retreat have been lighthearted and zany throughout, instead of trying to push across a message about picket-fence monogamy?