If it weren’t for the memory of how fresh and joyful their 1996 film Swingers was, the Jon Favreau–Vince Vaughn comedy Couples Retreat might seem like any other broad, dumb movie — the kind Ben ...

Walking into “Couples Retreat” I overheard someone use the familiar refrain, “I hope the trailer didn’t show us all of the good stuff.” And I thought to myself, “That was good stuff? If that was the ...