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Couples Retreat
Theatrical poster
Directed byPeter Billingsley
Written byJon Favreau
Vince Vaughn
Dana Fox
Produced byScott Stuber
StarringVince Vaughn
Jason Bateman
Jon Favreau
Faizon Love
Kristen Bell
Malin Akerman
Kristin Davis
Kali Hawk
Tasha Smith
Peter Serafinowicz
Carlos Ponce
and Jean Reno
Music byA.R. Rahman
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
October 9, 2009 (US)
October 14, 2009 (UK)
Running time
113 min.
CountryTemplate:FilmUS
LanguageEnglish
Budget$70 Million
Box office$76,133,587[1]

Couples Retreat is a Template:Fy comedy film directed by Peter Billingsley and written by Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn and Dana Fox. Vaughn and Favreau star with Faizon Love, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell, Malin Akerman and Jean Reno. It was released on October 9, 2009 in the United States and on October 14, 2009 in the United Kingdom.

Plot

Following failed attempts to conceive, Jason (Jason Bateman) and Cynthia (Kristen Bell) are close to getting a divorce. In an effort to save their marriage they book a vacation to a couples therapy retreat, called Eden. To save money they encourage their friends to join them, and claim that their friends can enjoy the party activities and not take part in the therapy. Reluctantly their friends, Dave (Vince Vaughn) and Ronnie (Malin Akerman), Joey (Jon Favreau) and Lucy (Kristen Davis), and recently divorced Shane (Faizon Love) and his girlfriend Trudy (Kali Hawk) agree.

Upon their arrival at Eden, they are sent to the couples resort on the west side of the island, and forbidden from traveling to East Eden, which hosts a singles resort. During their first night, resort host Sctanley (Peter Serafinowicz) informs all four couples that they must all engage in the couples therapy or leave the resort. Despite reluctance to do the therapy, the couples decide that they will attend so they can enjoy the other amenities of the island.

At their first therapy session, all four couples learn they have problems with their relationships; Even Ronnie and Dave, who thought they were fine. They endure the resort owner Marcel's (Jean Reno) unusual methods, including swimming with sharks and yoga sessions with amorous instructor Salvadore (Carlos Ponce).

On the fourth night, Trudy escapes to Eden East and the other seven, encouraged by Joey who is unsatisfied with his marriage, leave to find her. Following an argument between Cynthia and Jason, the men and women split up.

The women run into Salvadore, and he takes them to Eden East. The men come across the staff lounge, and find Sctanley playing Guitar Hero. He threatens to report them to Marcel, but Dave challenges him to the game, not telling Sctanley that he is involved in the game's production. Dave beats Sctanley and he directs them to Eden East.

When they arrive, Dave realizes what he has with Ronnie and takes her to be alone at the waterfall. Joey sees Lucy with Salvadore and knocks him out, re-uniting with his wife. Cynthia and Jason share drinks and admit their problems. Shane runs in to his ex-wife, who admits she still loves him. All four couples return to Eden West.

Marcel meets the couples and, seeing that they have worked out their problems, frees them from the therapy and tells them to go jet skiing.

Cast

Film location

The primary location for filming was at the St. Regis Bora Bora Resort in French Polynesia.[citation needed]

Soundtrack

The score for Couples Retreat was composed and produced by A. R. Rahman and recorded in the summer of 2009 with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Sony Scoring Stage. The film marks the Hollywood debut for Rahman, who won two Academy Awards in 2009, for the Original Score and Original song from the British film Slumdog Millionaire[5]

A soundtrack album will be released by Relativity Music Group.[6]

Tracklist
  1. Na Na
  2. Kuru Kuru Kan
  3. Jason & Synthia Suite
  4. Sajna
  5. Tour of the Villas
  6. Meeting Marcel
  7. Itinerary
  8. Undress
  9. Sharks
  10. Luau by John O Brien
  11. Salvadore
  12. Intervention
  13. The Waterfall
  14. Animal Spirits
  15. Jason & Synthia Piano Theme

Reception

The film has received negative reviews. According to Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, the film has a score of 24 based on 25 reviews.[7] Rotten Tomatoes reports that 13% of critics gave the film a positive review, based upon a sample of 100, with an average score of 3.7 out of 10.[8]

Despite the critical reception, it was a box office success, ranking #1 and becoming Vince Vaughn's highest box office success since 2006's The Break-Up.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Borys Kit (2008-10-14). "Three set for 'Couples Retreat'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  2. ^ Marc Graser (2008-10-26). "Jean Reno joins 'Couples Retreat'". Variety. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  3. ^ Stuart Kemp (2008-11-03). "Serafinowicz joins 'Couples Retreat'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  4. ^ Bryon Perry (2008-11-23). "Tasha Smith". Variety. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  5. ^ Dan Goldwasser (2009-10-05). "A.R. Rahman scores Couples Retreat". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  6. ^ http://www.couplesretreatsoundtrack.com/
  7. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/couplesretreat
  8. ^ "Couples Retreat". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
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