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Apatow, of course, has always prized touches of sweetness amidst overwhelming raunch, but The Five-Year Engagement is really more the other way around - touches of raunch amidst overwhelming sweetness and heart. The film opens on the one-year anniversary of the first date of Tom (Jason Segel) and Violet (Emily Blunt), an anniversary that we quickly learn will also be the night when Tom and ...
Apr 27, 2012 · Movie Review - 'The Five-Year Engagement' - A Relationship Going Nowhere, But Endearingly So Jason Segel and Emily Blunt play a couple who postpone their wedding when career pressures present ...
Apr 27, 2012 · Despite a few hiccups, it's easy to recommend The Five-Year Engagement - especially since the film's shortcomings don't detract all that much for the overall experience. It's a bit over-stuffed, but the narrative does come full-circle and successfully balances charming comedy gags grounded in a memorable and contemporary love story.
Apr 30, 2012 · The Five Year Engagement has its charms, but not enough of them. US Correspondent Ron Hogan thinks that a comedy shouldn’t go for longer than two hours or go longer than 30 minutes without a joke.
Apr 25, 2012 · Writer/actor Jason Segel and writer/director Nicholas Stoller have been working with each other for years now, both cementing their membership in Judd Apatow's comedic entourage on "Undeclared". It was their first cinematic collaboration—Forgetting Sarah Marshall—however, that put them on the map as a creative team worth keeping in the recesses of your mind for light
Apr 26, 2012 · The Five-Year Engagement is a crowd-pleaser, but for me it still left a bitter taste. In spite of the naughty words, Stoller and co-writer Segel and producer Apatow have engineered a scenario so ...
Apr 25, 2012 · Where the film starts to falter is in its lackadaisical plot. Like most Apatow films, Engagement runs about a half-hour too long and starts to feel sluggish near the end of the second act. The ...
