Couples Retreat Trailer: Vaughn and Favreau Vacation In a Familiar Place

The trailer has just been released for Couples Retreat, a comedy about skilled improvisational actors and the perfectly taut bikini bodies who love them. With a cast that includes Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, and Jason Bateman, one might expect a comedy built on wild, manic riffing and off-kilter observations. So why is the trailer cut together as though the film's merely an island-set version of the typical schlub/hot wife sitcom?

I'm holding out hope that the movie (which is about four couples working out their issues at an oceanside resort) is one of those currently rare comedies that doesn't stuff all its jokes in the trailer, mostly because it doesn't seem like there are many punchlines here to come by. Still, it might be time to downgrade my anticipation levels from "Swingers on an island" to "Made, but with speedo jokes."

VERDICT: I'll need to be convinced out of my staycation.