The Five-Year Engagement

Name: The Five-Year Engagement
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: April 27, 2012
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Chris Pratt, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel

2012

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THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 27, 2012

Starring: Chris Pratt, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel

Summary: Beginning where most romantic comedies end, The Five-Year Engagement looks at what happens when an engaged couple keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle. (Universal Pictures)

Director: Nicholas Stoller

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 124 min

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Chicago Tribune - Michael Phillips

Apr 26, 2012

As in last year's "Bridesmaids," an authentic, dimensional human element animates the jokes and the characters with whom we spend a couple of highly satisfying hours. Read full review

Empire - Simon Braund

Jun 17, 2012

Another solid hit from Planet Apatow - charming, funny and remarkably in tune with real life. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Kimberley Jones

Apr 25, 2012

Stoller and Segel don't shy away from rational, relatable adults, which may be an unsexy selling point for a romantic comedy, but that attention to authenticity elevates the likable, low-stakes The Five-Year Engagement. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - John DeFore

Apr 19, 2012

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. Read full review

Rolling Stone - Peter Travers

Apr 26, 2012

Drags and sags at 124 minutes. Luckily, the movie never runs on sitcom empty. How could it, with a terrific cast. Read full review

Slate - Dana Stevens

Apr 27, 2012

Where "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" frolicked on the beach, this amiable but underachieving comedy just sort of blobs on the couch. Read full review

Wall Street Journal - Joe Morgenstern

Apr 26, 2012

Sometime around what I guessed to be the one-hour mark in The Five-Year Engagement, I checked my watch and honestly thought the battery had given out. Five years doesn't begin to tell the interminable tale. Read full review

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bob13bob

Sep 5, 2012

Finally, a romantic comedy which does not take the same ol story template and puts whatever pretty boy face on the cover. very original writing and mature. EG. how many romantic comedies to you watch where their career actually has any influence on the story?

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Smit

May 5, 2012

This was an extremely funny movie. Jason Segel's writing was brilliant and his acting matched it. Emily Blunt was delightful. Not quite as funny as Bridesmaids, but close. The movie may have been a little long but it was so funny that I didn't care. A must see.

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finnigan37

Jan 9, 2013

The rare romantic comedy that is a real movie, rather than a series of genre conventions. And it doesn't shrink on the comedy in deference to the romance. There were also a healthy dose of melancholy sequences to make everything more real.

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JTKelley

Aug 10, 2012

This was an above-average comedy that made two grave errors. The first was attempting to stretch and hour-and-half worth of jokes and plot into a two hour time frame. The second was creating selfish, unsympathetic leads.

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ydnar4

Mar 18, 2015

The Five-Year Engagement is a romantic comedy that is more romance than comedy and its too bad considering the cast. Its so hard for Jason Segel to be not be hilarious but I really didn't find him funny and Emily Blunt was not overly funny either. The people who are funny in the movie areThe Five-Year Engagement is a romantic comedy that is more romance than comedy and its too bad considering the cast. Its so hard for Jason Segel to be not be hilarious but I really didn't find him funny and Emily Blunt was not overly funny either. The people who are funny in the movie are the supporting cast, which boasts Chris Pratt, Kevin Hart and the underrated Randall Park. The movie is also quite a bit too long, which is a common problem for Judd Apatow's films (although he only produced this film).… Expand

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TVJerry

May 2, 2012

The title pretty much sums it up. Jason Segel and Emily Blount are madly in love, but her career causes the delay. It gets predictably, mildly complicated from there. This is a mediocre chick-flick that tries to spice things up with lots of dick jokes and four-letter words. It is mildlyThe title pretty much sums it up. Jason Segel and Emily Blount are madly in love, but her career causes the delay. It gets predictably, mildly complicated from there. This is a mediocre chick-flick that tries to spice things up with lots of dick jokes and four-letter words. It is mildly amusing, but nothing about the dialogue, situations or performances elevates into any memorable category.… Expand

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cmanthomas

Jun 21, 2012

More like the Five-Year Coma. Boring and depressing characters and dialogue, made worse by the fact that most of the movie is set in the perma-depressed, Detroit.

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