Couples Retreat Review

I just finished watching "Couple's Retreat" with my folks. I gotta be honest, take out the scenes of a scantily clad Kristen Bell and Kristin Davis and...well, it's got nothing. Seriously, you pretty much know how things are going to pan out within about 10 minutes into the show...of course, it takes another 20 minutes for things to really even get started.

I figured "Couple's Retreat" would be a good parent-friendly film to pass the otherwise black hole of television that is Tuesday (and for that matter) Wednesday nights. Personally, there's a list a mile long of movies that are showing on OnDemand that I'd like to see (500 Days of Summer, It Might Get Loud, District 9, etc.) but I know my Mom and Dad probably wouldn't want to see a documentary on guitarists like Jimmy Page.

(I wonder if my Mom and Dad even know who Jimmy Page is. I mean, my Mom knows who P.Diddy is, so they might be a little bit hipper than I give them credit for.)

Anyways, by the time the couples actually got to the couple's retreat, my Dad had given up on the movie and my Mom was only admitting to this being better than watching a Thomas the Tank Engine movie (which she does with my nephew Jack). However before the credits rolled, even she was saying it sucked. With about 15 minutes left, I attempted to sneak out, but was told that since I was the one who had put the movie on, I had to stick it out with them.

However, I'm guessing that a movie about stranded aliens being discriminated against as an allegory to apartheid probably was looking pretty good to them by that point.

Needless to say, the Milner family gives Couple's Retreat a thumbs down.

Look to your right and you'll notice a new Olympic-themed poll. Be sure to vote.

For those wondering about the results of my last poll, regarding whether to grow facial hair:

I got one vote for "Yes, you'd look cool!"
3 people voted for "No, it's never been a good look for you!"
and finally, one vote (I'm looking at you Lori!) said I should just grow a goatee, rather than a full beard.

Hmm...okay, I know four of the vote-givers but who was the fifth???