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01Jul2009

New 'Couples Retreat' Trailer with Vince Vaughn

DateWednesday, July 1, 2009 at 11:29AM
With the fairly surprising box office bonanza that was Four Christmases, producers rushed into action to recapture that ol' Vince Vaughn comedy magic. For a while, Vaughn's stuff has been pretty sub-par, but the hope is if you surround him with a lot of talent maybe the old Vince - the Wedding Crashers and not Fred Claus Vince - would come back to us.

Couples Retreat certainly should give Vaughn fans hope. In addition to reuniting with Jon Favreau, the new comedy co-stars Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell, Malin Akerman, and Faizon Love. The story has promise, too, and even if it doesn't sound like much, remember the basic premise to The Hangover doesn't exactly leap off the page.

In the film, four couples head to the islands for a big vacation, but one of the four tandems is there to work on their relationship, and what the other three couples don't release until it's too late as that the entire resort is for couples' therapy. At the very least, I'd like to see what Jason Bateman will do here. Oh, and I guess I should point out that this is directed by Peter Billingsley, of A Christmas Story fame.


Trailer courtesy of Trailer Addict

I don't know. Trailers can be tough to gauge. I'll withhold further judgment, particularly because it's a comedy. I wasn't wowed or anything, but maybe the trailer's just hitting the familiar buttons for a reason. Couples Retreat opens on October 9th.

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