The Five-Year Engagement
(2012)Jason Segel and Emily Blunt are an engaged couple who can't quite make it to their wedding day in this romantic-comedy from the writer and director of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, Bridesmaids).... More
Tom (Segel) proposed to Violet (Blunt) and they both couldn’t be happier. However, the nuptials are continually halted first by their friend's competing wedding dates, then Violet's career changes. As time goes on and pressure mounts from their respective Jewish/Christian parents, Tom and Violet drift apart and the big day threatens to never arrive.Hide
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Directed by Nicholas Stoller
Starring Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Alison Brie, Rhys Ifans, Chris Pratt, Kevin Hart, Mindy Kaling, Dakota Johnson
Written by Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller
Produced by Judd Apatow ('Bridesmaids', 'Knocked Up', 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin', 'Superbad')
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The Five-Year Engagement
BY Jordan superstar
"The Five-Year Engagement" tells the love story of Tom (Jason Segel) and Violet (Emily Blunt). As life goes on, it aids in pushing out their wedding, creating comedic moments along the way.
Emily Blunt and Jason Segel truly shine as the leads, providing a believable couple that tries to love one another through all the... More trouble they experience along the way.
Supported by Alison Brie of "Community" and "Mad Men", and Chris Pratt of "Parks And Recreation", it is a film that carries all the typical Apatow (back again producing) traits, that of quirky characters, love and it's nuances and the occasional dirty moment that make these a delight to watch.
While parts may be drawn out, as previously said both Blunt and Segel's chemistry makes the movie. Their ease around one another is a delight to watch, and make the lighter moments even funnier.
"The Five-Year Engagement" is another great addition to the Apatow stable of films, and would go down a treat for a night out with your significant other.Hide
BY KatieF superstar
I am a bit on the fence about this movie. I really badly wanted to see this film as the trailer looked hilarious. It was full of laughs but the story line 3 quarters of the way through becomes exceptionally different than what you would think and it definitely effects the film in a negative way. I thought Emily Blunt and Jason Segal were great, but the changes in the story line definitely made me rethink how much I enjoyed the movie.
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A lovely, sweet, funny, romantic, and supremely worthwhile endeavor that unfortunately takes longer to wrap up than it should. Full Review
A lively, original, and scattershot-hilarious ramble of a Judd Apatow production. Full Review
Nicholas Stoller and Jason Segel's latest collaboration offers a more relatable rom-com scenario while generating laughs that should still satisfy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" fans. Full Review
Blunt has never been more relaxed, and she and Segel have a believably warm chemistry. It's also nice to find a romantic comedy with so much respect for both its leads. Full Review
Drags and sags at 124 minutes. Luckily, the movie never runs on sitcom empty. How could it, with a terrific cast. Full Review
Five-Year has comic bloat. Virtually every character gets their own moment of stand up, but in most cases, the bits aren't funny enough to warrant the screen time. Full Review
This is the same old safe, sappy movie that shows up on TBS every weekend. Full Review
It puts Emily Blunt in a wedding dress, which will appease the hopeless romantics in the house, even while making the institution of marriage seem ridiculously obsolete. Full Review
BY Dominic Corry Flicks Writer
With films from the Judd Apatow house of ideas (like this one) now forming the standard by which all other studio character-comedies are judged, it can be easy to get complacent about how much they elevated the form. Gone are the days of contrived deceptions and insane misunderstandings driving the plots of such films, which are now much more concerned about the blander inconveniences of life and much more willing to present characters not defined by one particular trait.... More
The Five-Year Engagement is as close to a ‘typical’ Apatow-produced film as we’re likely to get, so there’s no shortage of endearingly faulted characters, authentic comedic moments and worldly observations about modern life. The title suggests a one-note source of conflict, but the film is much more a patient examination of the arc of a couple’s relationship than a zany, drawn-out trip to the altar. The problems they face are familiar and grounded, and are approached without solve-all solutions.
Emily Blunt is as radiant as ever and Jason Segel slips into his well-worn cinematic persona (well-meaning doofus) like an old pair of slippers. Mad Men’s Alison Brie does a passable English accent as Blunt’s sister, and Parks and Recreation’s Chris Pratt demonstrates how ready he is for his own comedic leading role.
Whilst some of the threads here feel a little irresolute, that mainly speaks to the authenticity of the story. It’s less of a laugh riot than Forgetting Sarah Marshall (the last film that paired Segel and director Nicholas Stoller) but makes up for it as a refreshingly grounded portrait of a contemporary relationship.Hide
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