Product Description
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The director and writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall team
up again for the irreverent comedy The Five-Year Engagement.
Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from
director Nicholas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The
40-Year-Old Virgin) and Rodney Rothman (Get Him to the Greek)
looks at what happens when an engaged couple, Jason Segel and
Emily Blunt, keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the
aisle. The film was written by Segel and Stoller.
Bonus Features:
* Extended Cut (125 minutes)
* The Making Of: The Five-Year Engagement (Part 1: Michigan, Part
2: California)
* trocule: The Making Of
* Turkey: The Making Of
* Deleted Scenes (Parents, Guest List, This Isn't Us, Winton's
Party, Masturbation, trocule, Jerky, Gonorrhea, Turkey,
Birthday Sex, Ming Brings Lunch, Venison Taco)
* Extended & Alternate Scenes (Alex & Suzie Meet, Drunken Pig,
Drunken Pig Checkout, Flirting with the Help, Wedding Vows, Job
Hunt, Gwyrth, Two Proudest Moments, Donut Experiment, Tom Plans
Wedding, Tom Plans Wedding Alt, First Kill, Deer Garage, Deer
Lunch, Impulse Control, The Rest of Your Life, Karate Chop, Had
to Be Said, Audrey Breakup)
* Gag Reel
* Line-O-Rama
* Experiment-O-Rama
* Weird Winton
* Gonorrhea Trouble
* Top Chef: Alex Eilhauer
* Extended Feature Commentary with Nicholas Stoller, Jason Segel,
Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie and Rodney Rothman
* Theatrical Feature Commentary with Nicholas Stoller, Jason
Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie and Rodney Rothman
.co.uk Review
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Planning a wedding is no easy task, and finding the perfect
moment for the big occasion is nothing short of impossible, but
Violet (Emily Blunt) and Tom (Jason Segel) have no idea of the
challenges ahead of them when they decide to get married. This
slapstick comedy plays like the art of awkward: Violet, Tom,
their friends, and families all have huge propensities for saying
and doing the absolutely worst, most awkward thing in any given
situation. From a bungled marriage proposal to a multimedia
presentation about Tom's ex-girlfriends at the couple's
engagement party, and an inappropriate hookup between Violet's
sister Susie (Alison Brie) and Tom's good friend Alex (Chris
Pratt), the impending nuptials promise nothing but trouble for
everyone but viewers in the mood to laugh. Rising chef Tom
sacrifices a job he loves in San Francisco, along with the
promise of swift promotion, to follow academic Violet to a
teaching fellowship in Michigan. The only job Tom can find there
is in a sandwich shop, and the move puts their wedding plans on
hold. As Violet pursues her dreams of teaching, Tom refuses to
admit how unhappy he really is, instead desperately pursuing a
friendship with a fellow faculty spouse that lands him with some
very odd hobbies and not much fulfillment. Eventually, the strain
takes a huge toll on their relationships with one another, their
friends, coworkers, and families. But one thing is certain,
director Nicholas Stoller makes sure that their journey is just
as funny as it is sad. The Five-Year Engagement is an irreverent
comedy that takes every rtunity to go well beyond the
boundaries of good taste in the quest for laughter, and that
really is the main point of the film. That said, Violet and Tom
do actually share a few heartfelt moments and discover some very
real truths--that no one can anticipate and solve all the
problems of an impending marriage before they actually take the
plunge, and there is absolutely no "perfect time" to get married.
Of course, those moments of truth are arrived at by a winding
path of awkward conversations, bawdy humor, ridiculous
situations, and childish behavior that will keep viewers laughing
out loud for pretty much the entire film. --Tami Horiuchi