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Moviegoers who expect another Bridesmaids from this Judd Apatow-produced comedy are in for a surprise
. Some of them may be disappointed with the lack of raucousness, but I was not: The Five-Year Engagement is a strikingly original comedy with serious undertones. It dares to take its time, as it covers an unusually long time period in a constantly-changing relationship. The one constant is that its protagonists, played by Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, genuinely love each other. Not everyone will welcome the leisurely pace and meandering nature of the film, but it won me over completely. And to allay any concerns, the movie fully earns its R rating with the expected complement of raw dialogue and penis jokes.
Segel has become a modern-day everyman, and women apparently like him for just that reason: hes the kind of guy you might actually encounter in real life. He scripted The Five-Year Engagement with his longtime writing partner Nicholas Stoller, who also directed the film. Their aim was to chronicle the ups and down of a couple who repeatedly allow clutter and circumstance to get in the way of their intended marriage. That accounts for the episodic nature of their picture, in which Segel, an up-and-coming chef in San Francisco, willingly moves to frosty Ann Arbor, Michigan so his fiance can pursue an opportunity for graduate studies at the university. While he refuses to complain about his new lot in life, he suffers from the move and begins to lose his identity.
The film is sparked by a number of lively supporting performances by a talented cast including Chris Pratt, as Segels goofy culinary colleague, Alison Brie (sporting a British accent) as a good friend of Blunts, Rhys Ifans, Mindy Kaling, Randall Park, Mimi Kennedy, David Paymer, Jacki Weaver, Jim Piddock, and a number of other familiar performers whose comedic expertise adds greatly to the texture of the picture. What in other hands might be seen as peripheral becomes part of the organic whole herewhich, I must admit, is something of a rarity in Apatow-produced movies, which depend so much on improvisation that the results resemble a crazy-quilt.The latest comedy by master producer Judd Apatow (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Bridesmaids) starts where so many romantic comedies end with good reason. This isnt another Hollywood romance, but rather a film about what happens when careers, ambition and real life problems dilute what made a relationship special in the first place.
Apatow collaborator Jason Segel (who wrote the screenplay with Get Him to the Greek writer Nicholas Stoller) plays Tom, a San Franciscan sous chef who has it all money, a great apartment, a promotion to head chef in the wings and a perfect partner in psychology graduate Violet (Emily Blunt). The wedding is postponed when Violet receives a terrific two-year job offer at a Michigan university. Tom, putting the relationship first, offers to move to across the country to support his fiance, to her delight.But he cant score a chef job in his new (always snowing) city, and ends up in a gourmet sandwich bar only a step up from Subway alongside a collection of oddballs.
As his misery increases, he questions his own masculinity and worth while maintaining a front that all is fine. It comes to a head about two-thirds through as the couple realise theyre almost perfect for each other. Segel wonders whether almost perfect is worth giving up his career for. As has been the case with some of Apatows recent movies (such as Funny People), the running time is long. At more than two hours, it could have been trimmed by 30 minutes in the middle sequences where a depressed Segel grows a bushy beard and becomes a hunter.But the two leads are a joy, and the extended cast works well (special mention to our Jacki Weaver). Theres an enormous amount of heart and depth in here, and anybody who has ever compromised a dream or ambition for love will find something to relate to.
THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT begins charming enough with a very believable couple in love. Toms attempt to propose to Violet doesnt go as planned but that doesnt matter because they are both good people madly in love with each other that can roll with the punches. I believe most couples are like this so its nice to see a film where the relationship is not hurt by little inconveniences and the two are there to support each other despite the unforeseen delays to their wedding.The problem comes with the consistency of this effort. After Tom compromises for Violet, she doesnt reciprocate the good nature for the supposed man she loves after agreeing to only spend a specific amount of time at her new found job. Im not saying that response is improbable. Im saying for the characters they set up, the action is unlikely. Then coupled with some unwelcomed advances from Violets boss (Rhys Ifans), which dominos into a tired unfaithful story line, Violet becomes a less likeable character.
Watch free movies onlineThe Five-Year Engagement plays like a five-episode, R-rated story arc from How I Met Your Mother. With more profanity and more explicit sex. And considerably less drinking.Jason Segel, co-star of both the TV show and the movie, and his Forgetting Sarah Marshall team, feed us two hours-plus of recycled gags from the show (e.g. Segels Big Foot impersonation) and bits that might have been in the sitcom, but were too expensive.They layer the soundtrack with music by Van Morrison, whose love songs are used so often in the movies that theyre collected on an album, Van Morrison Goes to the Movies.And all that adds up to is an occasionally engaging romantic dramedy that never blows away that Where have I seen this before? feeling.Emily Blunt and Segel are Violet and Tom, young lovers in San Francisco planning a wedding. Until she gets a fellowship to study and work at the University of Michigan, in that Water Winter Wonderland thats better suited for wolverines than big-city folk.He gives up his job as sous chef at a trendy restaurant and the big wedding, is postponed. Hes resigned to it, and supportive. Shes distracted, even after the pep talk with her ditzy sister (Alison Brie, a stitch).Much of the comedy here is built around the funk that Tom goes through far away from his dream life in his dream city and his dream job. He gets a little too into hunting, becomes a little too fond of eating deer and dons Ted Nugent facial hair.
His first faculty cocktail party in Ann Arbor tells him all he needs to know. He mentions hes a chef, and all anybody can think of to ask is if he saw Ratatouille.Violet is spending too much time at the office, running psychological experiments with her bad decisions specialist mentor (Rhys Ifans, funny enough) and judging Tom by what shes learning.And the wedding plans keep tumbling backward.Segel, so wonderfully lost in Jeff, Who Lives at Home, suffers a serious case of Zach Braff-itis here. Hes content to warm over what he does on TV and hire HRHotness, Ms. Blunt, to compensate.As with every Judd Apatow production, theres nothing here that wouldnt have been better at a shorter length and quicker pace. At two hours, the scenes that leisurely run far past their punchline or payoff, and the overdose of supporting players burden the film.Chris Pratt as Toms chef pal strains for laughs. Animal Kingdom Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver is a hoot as the bride-to-bes mom, but fellow psychology department researcher Kevin Hart is MUCH funnier in Think Like a Man. Mindy Kaling lands a few laughs; Chris Parnell, fewer than her.But any chef knows the more you add to the soup, the more watered down you make it. Whatever spicy moments it manages, The Five-Year Engagement is still just weak broth in the end.
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