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An engaging movie
A running sight gag in "The Five-Year Engagement" has Jason Segel dressed in a pink bunny suit, which his character, Tom, wore to the New Year's Eve party where he met Violet (Emily Blunt). She's dressed as Princess Di, and it's no wonder the two hit it off.
One year later, Tom proposes to Violet in one of the cutest marry-me sequences staged in recent movie history. The film hits a speed bump after Tom and Violet move to Michigan for Violet's post-doctorate appointment. Tom can't find a job and winds up making sandwiches; Violet comes under the sway of a flashy psych professor, and the two begin to grow apart.
Because it's so willing to drill down into Tom's and Violet's misery, "The Five-Year Engagement" involves a higher grim-to-grin ratio than its fluffier brethren. There's an unmistakable ring of truth to the couple's conflicts and mixed feelings.
The DVD and Blu-ray (Universal, $30-$35) include commentary, deleted scenes and making-of featurettes.
WASHINGTON POST
Colin Covert's take: "The Five-Year Engagement" is like a delectable meal that goes on too long. It's a very good movie. If a tough editor trimmed it from 124 minutes to 90, it would be wonderful.
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