Day 249: The Five-Year Engagement

Directed By- Nicholas Stoller

Writer(s)- Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller

Starring- Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Alison Brie, Chris Pratt, Rhys Ifans, Jacki Weaver, Kevin Hart, Mindy Kaling, Brian Posehn

Critics Review- "Offers plenty of chuckles - although not enough to justify the middle-aged spread of its two-hour running time."- Mark Kermode "Observer [UK]"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 63% Audience- 59%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 stars

My Review-

This movie was good, but it was a little too long I thought it could have been 15 minutes shorter and it still would have been a decent movie. One thing I found out about this movie, after watching it I like Alison Brie even more then I did on community, even though I did hate her in Scream 4. It did have a good storyline with really funny supporting characters, and I was surprised that Rhys Ifans was in this movie, I did not see him in the trailer so I was taken by surprise. I get the actual movie takes place within the span of 6 years and in my opinion it could have been done in a better way without making the movie so long. One scene I thought was needed was when Blunt got shot in the leg with the arrow, yes it was funny but it didn't do much for the story, but that's just me. Rhys Ifans was one my favorite characters in this movie like always, I cannot think of one movie where I did not like him or find him annoying, he is always so likable in his films even though in this one we(the audience) have to kind of hate him during the course of the film, but by the end of it I still liked him. I like how Segel is writing more adult comedies even though I really did like The Muppets, I like how he writes he characters especially and he is able to make everyone in his films really unique and they are able to add their own little scenes in the movie and make it funnier than it already was. One person I really could not stand in this movie was Mindy Kaling, she plays the same character in every movie and show and its really getting annoying and she should try to do something different than what she is already doing. If you like Jason Segel or any of the characters in this movie, than this a decent watch for any of those types of fans, their not bad its just that I'm still saying it could have been shorter, and used some other characters a little more.