Couples Retreat Review (slightly sidetracked by my current reading dilema)

I don't know if I'm too cynical, too unattached (for way too long), or just not girly enough (really doubtful on that last one) but I didn't love Couples Retreat as much as everyone else seemed to, or as others expected to.  Maybe I just had too high of expectations. . . no, I purposely try to not get too excited about movies so that I'm not disappointed. 

 

Anyhoo, point is: It was cute, pretty funny (you really have Vince Vaughn to thank for that one) and generally amusing, but my overall feeling of it. . . eh (picture a slight shrug with the "eh").  Now, in all fairness, I've recently found myself uninterested in reading chick-lit (my favorite genre of all times) and have been annoyed with its predictability, common story lines and the trouble people get themselves into by doing stupid things, which really encapsulates the entire chick-lit formula. 

 

Is this temporary (I feel confident I just need to get sick of a different genre in order to get back to it) disinterest in chick-lit influencing my movie tastes too?  I don't think so.  I recently re-watched 27 Dresses and A Walk to Remember and still loved both, so that leaves me to believe that I really just wasn't too impressed with this movie.  Quite a long path to get to such a conclusion, huh?  Get used to it.  That's just how I roll. 

 

My overall conclusion is this:  It's a good date movie.  Something that chicks will find cute enough to "awww" at, and guys will find it funny enough to tolerate the "awww" moments.  They cover the "We've been married too long to remember we love each other" couple, the "We got married so long ago we now hate each other" couple, the "We're so anal retentive we sucked the life out of our marriage" couple and the "Newly divorced sad guy burying his loneliness in a 20 yr old hottie" guy.  I imagine couples will find some aspect of some couple that they relate to and even if they don't. . . hey, it's good entertainment that you and your date should both enjoy.  If you don't have someone you need to find a date movie with, I'd say you can wait for DVD.