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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 27 Apr 2012

Poignant and savvy, it delves into the dilemma of what happens when a romantic commitment is challenged by career choices…

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By Rob Hunter (276) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 27 Apr 2012

The Five-Year Engagement is a fun, intelligent 100-minute rom-com trapped in a two hour rough cut…

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By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 27 Apr 2012

Judd Apaptow also produced Drillbit Taylor and Year One, so don't get too aroused by that 'from the producer of Bridesmaids lead-in…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 26 Apr 2012

The Five-Year Engagement is a strikingly original comedy with serious undertones…

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By Matthew Razak (302) for Flixist.com (210) on 26 Apr 2012

The Five-Year Engagement is content with being funny, a little charming, and, in the end, shallow enough to be approachable…

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By Rich Heldenfels (76) for Akron Beacon Journal (177) on 26 Apr 2012

Often funny, good in dramatic moments, but lacking consistently tight control of pace and scenes…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 26 Apr 2012

A movie about a five-year engagement should not seem like you were in the theater the entire five years…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 26 Apr 2012

It's ultimately sheer, unreasonable overlength that triggers The Five-Year Engagement's lamentable downfall…

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By Greg Maki (546) for Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (546) on 26 Apr 2012

Topping two hours, the movie runs a little long, which is typical of Judd Apatow productions…

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By Kimberly Gadette (432) for Doddle (184) on 26 Apr 2012

In a nod to Segel's chef Tom, the film engages in the pasta theory of filmmaking: Throw enough starch against the wall, and something's bound…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 26 Apr 2012

What saves The Five-Year Engagement from sheer tedium is the enormous likability of the large cast…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 26 Apr 2012

It's the sheer lack of investment one feels for the couple that truly sabotages the film…

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By Dave White (762) for Movies.com (1,002) on 26 Apr 2012

A movie that takes as long to move itself through its motions as the last Catholic Church wedding I attended…

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By Grae Drake (173) for Movies.com (1,002) on 26 Apr 2012

It's just not quite funny enough to justify its length. Something is just off…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 26 Apr 2012

It's all about the writing, and it's definitely uneven in The Five-Year Engagement…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 26 Apr 2012

A series of funny scenes and funny lines, but it doesn't all add up to a good, funny, solid, romantic movie…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 26 Apr 2012

Perhaps the best thing about The Five-Year Engagement is that it signals a touch of maturity creeping into the House of Apatow…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 26 Apr 2012

The actors really carry this one on sheer force of charisma, as the movie, at over two hours long, is almost as self-indulgent as an actual wedding…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 26 Apr 2012

It has solid ideas about what makes relationships work, and although it takes a little longer to squeeze all the juice out of them, they're…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 26 Apr 2012

The Five-Year Engagement doesn't always work - some of the supporting characters' storylines feel clipped, and the improvised bits could afford…

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