For the most part, The Five-Year Engagement is a charming modern romantic comedy, very much dependent on the acute likability of its affianced duo. There's a genial chemistry exhibited here, which would make the film immensely watchable if the screenplay, co-written by the film's star Jason Segel and director Nicholas Stoller, didn't stray from clever affability to tedious absurdity at the first sign of trouble.
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