movieline.com - 10/8/2009
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When I saw the trailer for Couples Retreat a few months ago, most of the primary couples' problems seems like old hat to me, but I was struck that one subplot appeared to involve Jon Favreau vigorously, enthusiastically cheating on his wife (Kristin Davis) and that Universal would actually ...
splashpage.mtv.com - 10/14/2009
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When MTV News caught up with "Iron Man
2" director Jon Favreau at the "Couples Retreat" junket...
a few weeks ago, we were determined to get the filmmaker's take on how his much-anticipated sequel would connect with "The Avengers"—even if it took a bumpy ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Jon Favreau Won't Direct 'Avengers,' Explains ...
variety.com - 10/11/2009
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'Paranormal Activity' scares up record numbers Audiences fell
hard this weekend for the winning combo of Vince...
Vaughn and Jon Favreau, with Universal's "Couples Retreat" earning a surprisingly buoyant $35.3 million at 3,000 playdates. "Zombieland" ...
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'Couples Retreat' finds love at box office
movietrailertalk.com - 10/7/2009
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Please upgrade your browser Couples retreat poster A
comedy centered around four couples who settle into a...
tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort’s therapy ...
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COUPLES RETREAT CUTS INFIDELITY
Filmdrunk —
... shortly after the trailer’s release. Both Favreau and Davis still have wandering eyes in the film, but temptation is the couple’s main problem rather than onscreen cheating. Aside from an argument the two have late in the movie (which feels like it’s referencing the original storyline), there’s no indication that either one has ever been adulterous. [MovieLine] ...
Struggling Universal Sends Junketeers To Bora Bora For 'Couples Retreat: Is This Sound Business?
:: The Playlist :: —
... doing as many two-minute interviews as possible for 8 straight hours (especially stars, and when stars get cranky, they get demanding). Guaranteed the budget for this event alone would finance the entirety of a small indie film which is sad considering what a waste of time the film appears to be. Also, even a subplot about infidelity in the picture — between Jon Favreau and Kristin Davis' characters that was evinced in the original trailers — was cut out, anything remotely controversial apparently being too hot-button-ish for the ...
'Couples Retreat' has no company at the box office
Screener —
... the gamut from potty to sexual humor. He also noted that "the best sections of the film deal with [Vince] Vaughn and [Malin] Akerman, since they represent a critique of the relationship industry that is determined to justify its existence in finding problems even if none exists. The most problematic in comedic terms involves [Jon] Favreau and [Kristin] Davis. No week at a couples retreat is going to solve their myriad problems." The latter observation, according to speculation by Movieline, must have been echoed by focus groups. Favreau and Davis' acts of ...
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'Couples Retreat': A Painful Getaway —
:: The Playlist ::
No, given the light vanilla flavorings of the " Couples Retreat ," retreat trailer one can't really be surprised that this rom com is an intolerable mish-mash half-written and halfhearted gags, but christ. With a cast full of improv-heavy riffers like Vincent Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Jason ...
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“ Couples Retreat ” hits theaters this Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, and it features both a great cast and a cool storyline. It seems like a can’t-miss movie, but then, you never know until you see it.
It’s a romantic comedy that follows four Midwestern couples who go on a retreat to a tropical ...
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