Friday, November 18, 2011

Couples Retreat

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Once upon a time, there were two guys who could write and act and who made a very funny film about dudes in LA. The film is 'Swingers' (I kinda sound like Hyman Roth talking about Mo Greene).
Now, however many years later, the dudes are stars, they're overweight, and they're not quite as funny anymore.

The premise is thin: they had to put 4 couples on a beautiful island. The story is weaker than a French ice-skater: the couples have problems, they fight, will they make it?
Yes.
Are there funny moments? Yes, one or two. When Vince Vaughn becomes Vince Vaughn, it's funny. His 'monologue' about Richard Simmons is the highlight of the film. Oh, and the yoga instructor, saying "regard me."
But you know what? I don't blame the guys. They got famous, so people are ready to pay them for whatever they can write and so, respect to them, they set the story on a tropical island and their better-halves are all hot women. They'd be stupid to turn this job down, really.

So, good for them. Bad for us. Cliché after cliché, unfunny moment after unfunny moment, vaguely crass joke here, vaguely slapstick moment there, throw in an ad for a famous video game and there you have it: your typical American 'comedy.'

At least you see beautiful women in bikinis. But you know what? That's what the internet is for and it's cheaper than a movie ticket.

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