The Five-Year Engagement

It has emotional heft, with no frantic, last-minute drives to the airport, just a male and female lead who not only share actual, proper, bona fide chemistry - hallelujah! Praise be! - but are also allowed to go head-to-head as equals.

More often, the movie reduces everything to sitcom levels of tidiness and routine.

Offers plenty of chuckles - although not enough to justify the middle-aged spread of its two-hour running time.

Somewhere, buried in The Five-Year Engagement, is a sparkling screwball comedy fighting against a turntable running on long play.

Segel and Stoller could - no, should have been bolder: their leading lady deserves it.

It's a long day's journey into relationship insight, but with fun on the way.

The Five-Year Engagement feels like a step down from Segel and Stoller’s previous films together, but there’s enough sentimentality and comedic charm here to grant a solid recommendation.

The Five-Year Engagement is in many ways the inverse of every Hollywood movie like it. Also, it's really funny.

Splashes of slapstick, a dash of vulgar humor, generous helpings of uncomfortable awkwardness, and a pinch of melodrama season the film.

Offers a more thoughtful and reflective comedy that still manages to never lose its humorous touch.