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The movie follows the engagement of Tom Solomon (Segel) and Violet Barnes (Blunt). Shortly after they become engaged Violet gets offered a post-doctoral position at the UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan, University of Michigan, and the couple leave their lives in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco so that she can take the job. Their relocation turns out to be just the first of many obstacles standing in the way of their "perfect" wedding.
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''The Five-Year Engagement'' is a 2012 romantic comedy film produced by Creator/JuddApatow, directed by Nicholas Stoller, Creator/NicholasStoller, and written by Stoller and Creator/JasonSegel (who'd previously collaborated on ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall''). Segel and Creator/EmilyBlunt head up an EnsembleCast that also includes Creator/ChrisPratt, Creator/AlisonBrie, Creator/MimiKennedy, and Creator/DavidPaymer to name a few.
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* FakeOrgasm: Tom fakes an orgasm, unconvincingly, while making love with Violet.
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'''Tom''': Men can do it, too. I bet you probably couldn't even tell.\\
'''Violet''': I could.
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'''Tom''': Men can do it, too. I bet you probably couldn't even tell.\\
'''Violet''': I could.
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* TheImmodestOrgasm: Tom fakes one. Badly.
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* ShotgunWedding : [[spoiler: Suzie and Alex.]]
* TheUnpronounceable: Exaggerated in an extended version of the scene with Winton's dog Gwyrth. Tom, Vaneetha and Ming find the [[AcceptableEthnicTargets Welsh name impossible to pronounce]], for no other reason other than {{Global Ignorance}}.
* TheUnpronounceable: Exaggerated in an extended version of the scene with Winton's dog Gwyrth. Tom, Vaneetha and Ming find the [[AcceptableEthnicTargets Welsh name impossible to pronounce]], for no other reason other than {{Global Ignorance}}.
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* WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParody: Celebrating their engagement, Alex proceeds to sing a "We Didn't Start the Fire" parody listing Tom's ex girlfriends.
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* NewYearsKiss: Tom proposes to Violet on New Year's Eve. She says yes, and they kiss while fireworks go off in the background.
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Violet and Tom technically both do this, but it doesn't go as far as it could have in either case.]]
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tom gets one from his mother after he and Violet (temporarily) break things off:
-->'''Tom:''' We're not 100% right for each other so there's nothing to be said.
-->'''Carol:''' I've got news for you, moron. Your father and I, we're not even 90% right for each other. Not even 60, but he's the love of my life. And right now the love of ''your'' life is going to fly away and somewhere in the back of your mind you're thinking that she'll always be there if you want to try again. But you know what, she won't because she's the goddamn best. And some lucky guy is going to make it work with her no matter what instead of settling for some 23-year old airhead who probably doesn't know who the fucking Beatles are.
-->'''Tom:''' We're not 100% right for each other so there's nothing to be said.
-->'''Carol:''' I've got news for you, moron. Your father and I, we're not even 90% right for each other. Not even 60, but he's the love of my life. And right now the love of ''your'' life is going to fly away and somewhere in the back of your mind you're thinking that she'll always be there if you want to try again. But you know what, she won't because she's the goddamn best. And some lucky guy is going to make it work with her no matter what instead of settling for some 23-year old airhead who probably doesn't know who the fucking Beatles are.
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* InformedJudaism: Tom is Jewish, but very secular. Amusingly, when Tom and Violet try to get married [[spoiler: the first time]], they pick the rabbi of the local Chabad to officiate, lying about Violet being Jewish, who takes their rehearsal dinner as a chance to encourage them to raise their children Jewish [[ArabIsraeliConflict SO THEY CAN SAVE ISRAEL FROM THE THREAT OF THE ARAB!]] (In real life the Chabad movement is indeed opposed to any sort of land concession to the Palestinians, although they aren't as...fervent in this belief as the rabbi is)
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* InformedJudaism: Tom is Jewish, but very secular. Amusingly, when Tom and Violet try to get married [[spoiler: the first time]], they pick the rabbi of the local Chabad to officiate, lying about Violet being Jewish, who takes their rehearsal dinner as a chance to encourage them to raise their children Jewish [[ArabIsraeliConflict [[UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict SO THEY CAN SAVE ISRAEL FROM THE THREAT OF THE ARAB!]] (In real life the Chabad movement is indeed opposed to any sort of land concession to the Palestinians, although they aren't as...fervent in this belief as the rabbi is)
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* HardOnSoftScience: While the film generally tries to portray Violet's academic work as a serious endeavor, a lot of laughs are taken at her field's expense. When the senior staff are trying to brainstorm projects for a research grant (and haze Violet), they all throw out outlandish ideas that seem absurd, but are convincing enough to Violet. And apparently all of Doug's thesis involve masturbation.
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* HardOnSoftScience: While the film generally tries to portray Violet's academic work as a serious endeavor, endeavour, a lot of laughs are taken at her field's expense. When the senior staff are trying to brainstorm projects for a research grant (and haze Violet), they all throw out outlandish ideas that seem absurd, but are convincing enough to Violet. And apparently all of Doug's thesis involve masturbation.
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* LawOfInverseFertility : [[spoiler: Suzie gets pregnant after sleeping with Alex once. They later [[ShotgunWedding get married]].]]
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* LawOfInverseFertility : LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler: Suzie gets pregnant after sleeping with Alex once. They later [[ShotgunWedding get married]].]]
* LeParkour: Winton uses it to escape from a pursuingTomTom.
* MomentKiller: Tom and Violet are about to have a romantic moment in the snow, when Tom jumps onto a covered fire hydrant.
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''The Five-Year Engagement'' follows the engagement of Tom (Creator/JasonSegel) (Segel) and Violet (Creator/EmilyBlunt). Shortly after becoming engaged, Violet is offered a post-doctoral position at the UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan, and she and Tom leave their lives in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco so that she can take the job. Their relocation is the first of many obstacles standing in the way of Tom and Violet's "perfect" wedding.
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* AllStarCast: As far as internet-beloved TV comedies go. [[Series/FreaksAndGeeks Jason Segel]], [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Chris Pratt]], [[Series/{{Community}} Alison Brie]], [[Series/TheOffice Mindy Kaling]], [[Series/{{Archer}} Chris Parnell]], and [[Series/TheSarahSilvermanProgram Brian Posehn]], just for starters.
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* FakeBrit: American Creator/AlisonBrie as the quite British Suzie.
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* WrittenByCastMember: Jason Segel co-wrote the script with director Nick Stoller.
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* AllStarCast: As far as internet-beloved TV comedies go. [[FreaksAndGeeks [[Series/FreaksAndGeeks Jason Segel]], [[ParksAndRecreation [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Chris Pratt]], [[Series/{{Community}} Alison Brie]], [[TheOffice [[Series/TheOffice Mindy Kaling]], [[{{Archer}} [[Series/{{Archer}} Chris Parnell]], and [[TheSarahSilvermanProgram [[Series/TheSarahSilvermanProgram Brian Posehn]], just for starters.
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* BeardOfSorrow : One of the signs of how miserable Tom is in Michigan is the ''awful'' sideburns/handlebar moustache combo he grows.
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