The Five Year Engagement

   I'm not one for the romantic comedy, but the Five Year Engagement is a decent film, even though it's from the producers of Bridesmaids and the director of Forgetting Sarah Marshall! The idea is fun and the film is enjoyable, for the most part. Though maybe a two hour rom com is a bit too much to handle.
   Violet (Emily Blunt) and Tom (Jason Segel) get engaged and everything is on schedule until Violet's career sparks into life with an opportunity she can't miss, but which means moving from sunny San Francisco to cold and dreary Michigan. Though the film is riddled with fictional hilarity that reminds you that you are actually watching a film, the actual storyline has a good feeling of realism to it. Violet gets closer to her boss Winton (Rhys Ifans) while Tom finds it difficult to fit in to Michigan life and come to terms with giving up a promising career as a chef back in San Francisco.
   Emily Blunt is funny, but doesn't sprout her acting wings too much, like she does in Looper. Jason Segel plays his usual part of the nice comical tall man. It may be predominantly a chick flick, but there are laughs in there for the guys too.

For fans of rom coms, weddings and films for couples to watch together

Stars ***