Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Five-Year Engagement 2012


     Tom and Violet get engaged and start planning their wedding.  Several things happen at once to cause their plans to be postponed.  Violet’s sister learns she is pregnant which means her wedding needs to be planned first.  Violet was counting on getting into UC Berkeley but she wasn’t accepted, instead she is invited to attend a university in Michigan.  Tom is a chef at a local restaurant in San Francisco and he reluctantly turns in his two weeks notice.  He learns he would’ve been promoted to head chef of the new clam bar his boss is going to open.  Michigan is good for Violet but not very kind to Tom.
The Five-Year Engagement (2012)     This is different and good but because it’s produced by Judd Apatow, it must have the obligatory bad language and references.  All of this could have been eliminated and made a better film.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

125 min, Comedy directed by Nicolas Stoller with Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Lauren Weedman, Rhys Ifans, Mimi Kennedy, David Paymer.

Note:  Blockbuster 3 ½*, 6.3 out of 10, 64% critic 57% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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