Couples Retreat (2009)

Several couples go to an exclusive island retreat for marriage counselling, is the context of this romantic vom-edy, actually a long series of unfunny, uncharming sex, masturbation, and penis jokes featuring the most unattractive array of petulant manchildren you will ever see in a movie - far from wishing them all a speedy relationship recovery, you want to tell the women to run for the departing boats and never look back.

★☆☆☆☆

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Sex and the City 2 (2010)

A lot of criticism is levelled at this - for its racism, lack of plot, and for Carrie's doe-eyed girly girl act more irritating than ever now that she is forty-something - but it is a suitably mellow swansong for the beloved series, not without laughs as the women head to Abu Dhabi for no good reason, and while undeniably tired and now much more forced in tone compared with previous instalments, it is pleasant enough, undemanding viewing.

★★★☆☆

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