Comments on: On The Set: The Rewrites, Evolution & Accents That Come With A ‘Five-Year Engagement’ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/on-the-set-the-rewrites-evolution-accents-that-come-with-a-five-year-engagement-20120301/ Sun, 22 May 2016 04:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Fattmik https://staging2.theplaylist.net/on-the-set-the-rewrites-evolution-accents-that-come-with-a-five-year-engagement-20120301/#comment-121583 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:26:23 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/on-the-set-the-rewrites-evolution-accents-that-come-with-a-five-year-engagement-253599/#comment-121583 Saw this at a test screening last night. It's good, nearly on par with Sarah Marshall, though it felt less novel and cohesive than that movie. Some scenes do feel much more grounded in reality – there's one especially spot on late night fight that Segal and Blunt engage in in bed – but a bunch of supporting characters (all of Blunt's psychology post doc colleagues, Chris Parnell's sweater-knitting stay at home Dad) feel lifted from a broader movie. Brie's accent is annoying, especially in her first big scene at the engagement party, but it becomes less pronounced as the movie goes on. Chris Pratt's crassness borders on caricature, but he's actually one of the better parts of the movie.

Overall, it's amusing and sweet and kind of moving, but the jokes are a lot more hit or miss than FSM. A solid B or B+.

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