Go Too Long But Does Have Some Good Moments. by Alon Patterson This one could easily have been edited down to 1:40 without losing anything. It follows the basic romantic comedy formula almost verbatim, except for the comedy part. Admittedly, film comedy is a...
Must Go! Smart and Funny by thunderhound This is an intelligently wrought film depicting the complexities and strains arising in relationships when individual career priorities clash. The film also celebrates cultural diversity in a...
So-so Five Years To Forever Years by TestSubjectA It?s a dark romantic comedy that?s too long for it?s own good and that?s the truth. It could have been shortened down to the 6 month engagement and we would have gotten the same results. I really did...
83 Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman A lively, original, and scattershot-hilarious ramble of a Judd Apatow production. Read full review
80 New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman Blunt has never been more relaxed, and she and Segel have a believably warm chemistry. It's also nice to find a romantic comedy with so much respect for both its leads. Read full review
75 San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle For the most part, The Five-Year Engagement has charm and emotion. Read full review
75 Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea It's not impossible to address grown-up issues of commitment, of responsibility, of love, and have some fun, and some profanity, while you're at it. Read full review