Couples Retreat Page #11

Synopsis: Dave and Ronnie, Jason and Cynthia, and Joey and Lucy are close. The group used to include Shane and Jennifer, but they divorced and she's gone. Jason and Cynthia announce that their marriage is in trouble, and they beg their friends (and Shane's young girlfriend) to join them on a couples' retreat, at the package rate, on a tropical island. The others reluctantly agree, planning to play while Jason and Cynthia work on their marriage with an island psychologist. To everyone's surprise, the package is inflexible: each couple must participate in the couples' exercises. Soon fault lines appear in all four relationships. What's in store for each couple?
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Peter Billingsley
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
23
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
PG-13
Year:
2009
113 min
$109,176,215
Website
1,725 Views


Mmm. Yes.

Oh, oh...

Slow down there, killer.

You see, this island has

so many healing curiosities.

You know, it is good to have

a drink and have a good time.

Then do it!

Well, I guess we just go around, huh?

No, we gotta go through. The path ends.

We go off the path,

we get lost+ Come on.

No, hey, we'll make a new path.

What if there's people in there? Joey!

Be careful, sweetie.

Ronnie, I'm Cynthia. I'm always careful!

Yes!

Okay.

Okay.

Get in there. You,re

leaving fingerprints!

I don't know what you're doing...

Get away from the door.

Jessie is a friend

Yeah, I know he's been

A good friend of mine

But lately something's changed

That ain't hard to define

Jessie's got himself a girl

And I want to make her mine

And she's watching him with those eyes

And she's loving him with

that body I just know it

And he's holding her in

his arms late Late at night

You know,..

Hey! What are you doing here?

Private staff quarters are

strictly off limits to hotel guests!

I'm so sorry that we are disturbing

your fortress of solitude here.

I'm going to have to ask you to

leave The Ponderosa immediately.

Well, that's a shame, because

the place is so inviting.

When does Hoss and Little Joe show up?

Dave.

You gentlemen have

broken into The Ponderosa

and have broken the

rules of this island.

And, unfortunately, I don't think

you're gonna like the consequences.

I'm gonna call monsieur Marcel.

No, no, no, no, no, no. Sctanley,

there's been a big misunderstanding.

Some of us don't

necessarily want to be here.

I'm sorry, Mr. Smith, but

you've broken the rules

and there are consequences.

Yes, could you get

Marcel for me, please?

Yes, I know he's asleep, but wake

him. This is important. I'll hold.

What a shocker that

this went bad. Thank you.

Came here for answers and

now I'm not gonna get them!

Great.

Great leading, Joey. Me?

Yeah, you.

I thought monsieur Marcel felt

that technology was a distraction.

For the guests, yeah.

You seem pretty good at that game.

He's the best on the whole island.

It's a pretty small island.

Doesn't look like it's all that hard.

Looks like all you gotta

do is push these big buttons

and play along with the

song here. Am I right?

Something like that.

You know what'd be a gas,

Sctanley? For me and you to play.

And when I win,

you could point me towards the singles'

side and forget you ever saw us.

When you beat me?

When I win, what will you give me?

Maybe just this.

$1,000

- A cool G, as we call it back home.

Are you at liberty to

play for that, Sctanley?

Or would you prefer to play for smiles?

Monsieur Marcel, I'm

sorry to have woken you.

I thought there was an

emergency, but I was mistaken.

I do apologize.

I play at expert level.

You take this kind of serious.

That's a big screen.

You've played this before.

Maybe just a couple times, Sctanley.

All right, Sctanley,

let's have some fun.

Come on, Sctanley, get him!

Don't let him get in your head.

Don't let him get in your head, Dave.

I know a place you will like.

Really? Yes. You will love it.

What kind of place?

Like a place that has dancing?

There is everything. Everything?

Oh, my God, you guys,

I want to go dancing!

You want to go? Yes, please, regard me.

Follow me. Oh, my God,

yeah, I want to go!

It'll be a girls' night!

Okay, but, honey, honey,

honey... Oh, my God.

You should just slow down

here for a second maybe?

That's exactly what I need!

It's the second guitar solo

that sorts the men from the boys.

I was kind of counting

on that, Sctan. Joey?

Yeah?

I think it's time to

show the donkey the snake.

Cut his head, cut his

head, cut his head!

Go, go, go!

Dave! Dave! Cut his head!

Big finish.

Star power! Star power! Yes!

Sctanley, no!

Yeah!

You hustled me.

Yes, I did.

For that, I'm sorry. You see,

I sell video games, Sctanley.

And this one here, in

particular, in fact.

And I'm proud to stand here before you

and tell you it brings

me as much happiness

as it does for the

people I provide them to.

And we had a bet, and I know

that you're a man of your word.

Forget that you saw me and my friends

and point me in the

direction that I seek.

I cannot confirm or deny that the one

that you seek is on the singles' side.

But a bet is a bet. And I

will tell you how to get there.

The beach is blocked by rocks.

It's completely impassable.

No more boats for me and

my friends. I go by foot.

I would be remiss if I did not

advise you to wait until daylight.

Do not take this journey lightly.

Hmm.

There is an old game

path through the forest,

just beyond the abandoned Starbucks.

Take it to where it forks. Jog to

the right. Do not go to the left.

You will see lights. You

don't want to go there.

Keep walking.

Look up and locate the

belt of Orion the Hunter.

I think we should be writing this down.

I think Dave's got it.

The stars shall be your guide.

As long as we're headed east, that's

the direction we're supposed to be going.

I'm looking for the Little Dipper.

If I could find the Little Dipper,

I could find the North Star.

Shane, help me find the Little Dipper.

What do I look like, Harriet Tubman?

Fine! I'll do it by myself, okay?

You guys are no help! Just... Just...

Welcome to Hump Island!

It's time to feast here in the

belly of the beast here at Eden East!

Now can you feel it? Come on!

Man, we are about to get

this party started right!

You guys ready?

Bingo!

Hey, yo, check it out, y'all!

A luau fire and drum show

is coming up real soon!

Some of the best drummers

in the whole world.

Don't forget to check it out!

This place is out of control.

What could she be possibly

getting into over here, man?

Come on, let's not

get ahead of ourselves.

For all we know, she could be sitting

in a corner sulking somewhere.

Hey, we can do this. We get in, we

get out, we're back before sunrise.

I know... I know that girl. San Diego!

I know that girl. I'm gonna go see

if I can get some answers out of her.

What are you talking about?

I'm trying to find Trudy!

Talking to locals is the

best way to get information!

You guys should be doing it, too.

That's a great idea. We split up.

That way, we find her twice

as fast. Shane, with me.

We shouldn't split up,

we should stay together.

Listen, Dave, time is

of the essence, okay,

and if we don't find

her, here's what else.

We meet back at the exit in,

like, an hour, okay? Come on.

Let's go. Jason, there's

a ton of people here.

If we split up, we're

gonna... Stay with Joey.

This place rocks.

What are you doing?

What am I doing? I'm

trying to have a good time.

I'm trying to have a party going on. Hi.

Hi. Hi.

Hi.

We gotta find Trudy. I

don't want to get into this.

Come on, buddy.

What, are you dying to be

part of the new singles scene?

Look at all these people.

They're running around, they're...

They're sexting, they're krumping,

they're twatting each other

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