The Five-year Engagement
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Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the film looks at what happens when an engaged couple keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.
DVD release of the 2012 motion picture
Bonus features: Deleted, extended & alternate scenes ; gag reel ; line-o-rama ; feature commentary with filmmakers and cast
DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 (English, Spanish and French) and DVS 2.0 stereo. surround (English)
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Add a SummaryI couple meets by chance at a New Year's Eve party one year, they start dating and by the next New Year's he is getting ready to propose to her. They are ready to get married, even have the engagement party and start planning it, till things start to change as she gets a chance for the job of her dreams in another city and state. The couple moves and puts things on hold, but every time the couple turns around something happens to delay the wedding date yet another year. After much resentment about the move and some cheating the couple breaks up. They both move on with their lives following their dreams and their dream jobs. Can they find love? Can they work things out and find the love that they once had for each other again? Will they get married and stop letting things get in the way?
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Add a Commentvery very funny....i laughed out loud many times, too numerous to mention....maybe the mood i was in, not sure, but it was hilarious
I think the best scenes in the film were at the end, when Violet and Suzie were talking in the Cookie Monster and Elmo voices and when Violet and Tom actually get married, which was sweet. The rest of the movie was at times boring, at others so so/blah. The jokes and scenes that I guess were supposed to be funny, I didn't find funny at all. I'm disappointed.
This movie is definitely not Jason Segal's best. Painfully slow beginning...got funny in the middle...and then drawn out ending. It was waaaaaaaaay too long for what it was.
The first half of this movie was really funny (we three laughed out loud repeatedly). But the second half was boring and drawn waaaay out. What was the editor thinking? My advice: Watch the first half. Then when it starts getting a bit dull and draggy, fast forward to the end and watch the last 5 minutes to find out the predictable ending.
I heard nothing about this movie, and I tried to watch the whole thing and be open minded, but it was terrible. The beginning was not bad, but then it just went down hill, fast. I kept telling myself that maybe it would get better, but it didn't. It just kept going down hill. I didn't care what happened, it was pointless and I did not care about the characters - so it got turned off. I do not recommend this.. There were some funny parts, but those parts do not make this movie worth watching. Ever.
I tried, I really did, to just sit back and enjoy the beer brained, friendly rom-com of this title. Too many stupid jokes and silly outfits started to wear. Really? Penis jokes at a cake tasting? Why? Give these poor folks some pride. Things can't be that lame in Michigan. Can they? Turned it off with 15min to go. Just too dumb and I didn't care what happened.
I'm quite surprised by the several negative comments here, and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. If you're a teen looking for non-stop raunch, then this movie is going to disappoint, no doubt. If however, you've lived enough life to have experienced a multitude of setbacks as you go about planning out your life, you can definitely appreciate the bittersweet moments in this film. It is rated R and there are a few graphic scenes, but they're not gratuitious. I think many people watch these movies expecting copious amounts of explicit sex and swearing, and just endure the rest of the plot. If you're prepared to watch a rom-com that's more realistic, you'll find this to be a delight.
An entertaining movie from start to finish. I would definitely recommend watching this.
If you consider dismemberment (of fingers and toes) and bodily functions to be funny, you may like this film. If you like listening to a bunch of cursing, you may like this film too. The reasons for the engagment delays are silly. I'm not sure why exactly the couple got engaged in the first place, because they don't seem to be all that compatible.
This was so bad that I only lasted 30 minutes and I spent the first 15 distracted by Emily Blunt's overly bleached teeth. Blinding!