One year after meeting, Tom proposes to his girlfriend, Violet, but unexpected events keep tripping them up as they look to walk down the aisle together.One year after meeting, Tom proposes to his girlfriend, Violet, but unexpected events keep tripping them up as they look to walk down the aisle together.One year after meeting, Tom proposes to his girlfriend, Violet, but unexpected events keep tripping them up as they look to walk down the aisle together.
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- TriviaIn order to fine-tune her character Suzie's British accent, Alison Brie listened to recordings of readings provided by her British co-star Emily Blunt.
- GoofsThroughout the film, Violet and her colleagues refer to people taking part in their psychology experiments as "subjects". This term is no longer used in psychology (and has not been used for decades) as it is thought to be disrespectful and has unethical, dehumanising connotations. Rather, today psychologists use the term "participant" to refer to people who take part in an experiment.
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Tom Solomon: I think I understand why I have communication issues. Mom, maybe you should slow down on the Bloody Mary's. You don't need any more.
Carol Solomon: Oh?
Pete Solomon: Let her have it.
Carol Solomon: You're going to tell me what to do? No. I am going to ask you again. What are you doing with Violet? You're being dumb! You are being so fucking dumb, you idiot. You love Violet. I love Violet. Your father loves Violet and you're letting her go. Fuck you, you dummy.
Tom Solomon: Wow.
[laughs]
Tom Solomon: Since when do you talk like this?
Carol Solomon: It's not funny, Tom.
Tom Solomon: Okay, fine.
Carol Solomon: What are you doing?
Tom Solomon: We're not 100% right for each other so there's nothing to be said.
Carol Solomon: I've got news for you, moron. Your father and I, we're not even 90% right for each other. Not even 60, but he's the love of my life. And right now the love of your life is going to fly away and somewhere in the back of your mind you're thinking that she'll always be there if you want to try again. But you know what, she won't because she's the goddamn best. And some lucky guy is going to make it work with her no matter what instead of settling for some 23-year old airhead who probably doesn't know who the fucking Beatles are.
Pete Solomon: Had to be said.
- Alternate versionsAn Extended Version which runs 7 minutes longer than the Theatrical Version, at 131 minutes was released with the Blu-ray releases in 2012.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.126 (2012)
- SoundtracksJackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
Written by Van Morrison
Performed by Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners
Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Probably the thing that surprised me the most about this film was the fantastic chemistry between Jason Segal and Emily Blunt. I never would have guessed that they could work so well with each other! Chris Pratt and Alison Brie are also great together. In fact, the whole cast is great. It was very refreshing to see Kevin Hart in a smaller role in which it didn't feel like he was trying the steal the entire scene.
The only reason that I took two stars off my review is because I did feel at times that the pacing was a little bit off. Some of the scenes probably could have been tightened up a bit to make them that much more effective and there may have been a few short scenes that weren't really needed. This is my only real complaint about the film.
Overall, I highly recommend this movie. Though it is quite long for a comedy, it's also totally worth it. "The Five-Year Engagement" has a lot of charm to it and also has a very interesting metaphor tied into the plot. The film has a great story, a great cast, and should make for a great date night movie!
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $28,835,528
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,610,060
- Apr 29, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $54,169,363
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1