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The Five-Year Engagement

R Released Apr 27, 2012 1h 59m Romance Comedy List
64% Tomatometer 179 Reviews 51% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
On their one-year anniversary, sous chef Tom Solomon (Jason Segel) plans to surprise his girlfriend, Violet Barnes (Emily Blunt), with an engagement ring. The lovers do end up engaged, but the fact that the proposal does not go exactly as planned proves to be a harbinger of things to come. Each time they try to set a date, various obstacles stand in their way. As more and more time passes, Tom and Violet begin to wonder if perhaps their marriage is not meant to be.
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While certainly overlong, The Five-Year Engagement benefits from the easy chemistry of its leads and a funny, romantic script with surprising depth and intelligence.

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Deborah Ross The Spectator It has emotional heft, with no frantic, last-minute drives to the airport, just a male and female lead who not only share actual, proper, bona fide chemistry - hallelujah! Praise be! - but are also allowed to go head-to-head as equals. Sep 1, 2018 Full Review Scott Foundas Film Comment Magazine More often, the movie reduces everything to sitcom levels of tidiness and routine. Jun 20, 2013 Full Review Mark Kermode Observer (UK) Offers plenty of chuckles - although not enough to justify the middle-aged spread of its two-hour running time. Jun 24, 2012 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review The Five-Year Engagement feels like a step down from Segel and Stoller’s previous films together, but there’s enough sentimentality and comedic charm here to grant a solid recommendation. Rated: 3/4 Nov 20, 2022 Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension The Five-Year Engagement is in many ways the inverse of every Hollywood movie like it. Also, it's really funny. Mar 4, 2021 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Splashes of slapstick, a dash of vulgar humor, generous helpings of uncomfortable awkwardness, and a pinch of melodrama season the film. Rated: 6/10 Dec 1, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ram L It's funny. In lots of places. The “-com” part is there, but the romantic aspect... well, the movie is basically just a not-very-dramatic story about slowly drifting away plus a not-very-convincing portayal of “deeper feelings.” Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/08/24 Full Review Faiz D What a big disappointment from Jason and Emily. The Five-Year Engagement has its moments, but they are few and far between. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/29/24 Full Review Audience Member Over 10 years and Judd Apatow makes another hilarious romantic-comedy tons of laughs and such sweetness and sincerity Blunt and Segel have terrific on-screen chemistry the movie goes on a tad too long but the characters allow themselves to grow and learn what love really is when tying the knot I also really love Alison Brie as the sister who gets married 1st and has a change of heart about the whole institution when she's raising a family and knows what's best for Violet in the process, she can pull off an English accent maybe John Rys-Ifans' storyline could have been cut, too this movie though made me laugh, put a smile on my face and helped me look at the whole image of what marriage should run its course Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/28/24 Full Review Steve O Star Spangled ! Decent plot, excellent character development ! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/16/23 Full Review Fi S Awful. Tedious pacing. Emily Blunt and Jason Segal are written as two silly muppets. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/25/23 Full Review Jonathan L It's funny, and I LOVE the cast. However the main relationship seems forced and the film puts too strong a focus on sex. Still worth watching, but could be better. 70/100 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis On their one-year anniversary, sous chef Tom Solomon (Jason Segel) plans to surprise his girlfriend, Violet Barnes (Emily Blunt), with an engagement ring. The lovers do end up engaged, but the fact that the proposal does not go exactly as planned proves to be a harbinger of things to come. Each time they try to set a date, various obstacles stand in their way. As more and more time passes, Tom and Violet begin to wonder if perhaps their marriage is not meant to be.
Director
Nicholas Stoller
Producer
Judd Apatow, Nicholas Stoller, Rodney Rothman
Screenwriter
Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Apatow Productions, Stoller Global Solutions
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Language Throughout)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 27, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$28.6M
Runtime
1h 59m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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