Line #43 Film/TheFiveYearEngagement


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3	''The Five-Year Engagement'' is a 2012 romantic comedy film produced by Creator/JuddApatow, directed by 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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5	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 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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8	!!Provides examples of:
9	* AgonyOfTheFeet: Tom ends up losing his big left toe to frostbite.
10	* AltarTheSpeed: Multiple times for multiple couples.
11	* AnnoyingArrows: Zig-zagged. Violet is struck in her thigh and reacts to the extreme pain, but Tom is able to remove the arrow by yanking it out (without copious amounts of blood), and Violet suffers no long-term ill effects.
12	* AsianAndNerdy: Ming and Vaneetha
13	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny : In a hilarious sequence, Audrey is implied to fit this trope. Mostly done to highlight the [[MayDecemberRomance age difference]] between her and Tom and how ill-fitted they are for each other. And, [[RuleOfFunny you know]].
14	** Tom also qualifies when [[spoiler: he gets distracted from watching Alex and Suzie's daughter by a [[CuteKitten funny cat video]]. He also apparently has a habit to leave his crossbow on the kitchen table. HilarityEnsues.]]
15	* BeardOfSorrow: One of the signs of how miserable Tom is in Michigan is the ''awful'' sideburns/handlebar moustache combo he grows.
16	* BetaCouple: Alex and Suzie.
17	* BlackAndNerdy: Doug.
18	* BookEnds: The red ring box.
19	* CakeToppers: To show exactly how AltarTheSpeed is accomplished Tom and Violet have to take a non-purchased cake from a Korean couple with Korean Cake Toppers.
20	* CareerVersusMan: played with, discussed and subverted through the movie.
21	* ChekhovsGun: Violet's experiment with the old donuts, with the people who eat the stale donuts being people who are "screwups," as Winton puts it. [[spoiler: Violet later confesses to Tom that when she saw him eating old donuts, she knew it was over. When she catches herself eating old half-eaten donuts, she realizes her own life is off track]]
22	* CloudCuckoolander: Ming and Tarquin
23	* DumbBlonde: Audrey, accompanied by a HairTriggerTemper.
24	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The movie is about Tom and Violet's engagement. It lasts for five years.
25	* FakeOrgasm: Tom fakes an orgasm, unconvincingly, while making love with Violet.
26	--> '''Violet''': Did you just fake orgasm?\
27	'''Tom''': Men can do it, too. I bet you probably couldn't even tell.\
28	'''Violet''': I could.
29	* {{Fingore}}: Chef Sally needs a doggie bag for her finger.
30	* ForScience: Ming's "prank" research project is to pretend people are volunteering for a sleep study, cover them in fake blood and feathers, put a gun in their hands, and scream them awake. When prompted for a motivating hypothesis, he simply responds "I just want to see what would happen." He later does this "experiment" for real.
31	* GrandRomanticGesture : Tom at the beginning of the movie with his romantic proposal [[spoiler: and Violet at the end]].
32	* HardOnSoftScience: While the film generally tries to portray Violet's academic work as a serious 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.
33	* HiddenDepths: Alex sings beautifully in Spanish
34	* HomeMadeSweaterFromHell: One of Bill's hobbies.
35	* HouseHusband: Bill, one of Tom's new Minnesota-based friends. Tom's also afraid of becoming this trope.
36	* 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 [[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)
37	* InherentlyFunnyWords: "peonies"
38	* LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler: Suzie gets pregnant after sleeping with Alex once. They later [[ShotgunWedding get married]].]]
39	* LeParkour: Winton uses it to escape from a pursuing Tom.
40	* MomentKiller: Tom and Violet are about to have a romantic moment in the snow, when Tom jumps onto a covered fire hydrant.
41	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Jason Segel's bare butt makes a few appearances, always played for laughs.
42	* NewYearsKiss: Tom proposes to Violet on New Year's Eve. She says yes, and they kiss while fireworks go off in the background.
43	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Alison Brie's accent slips a few times, although Suzy and Violet have been living in America for a while - making this close to TruthInTelevision.
44	* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tom gets one from his mother after he and Violet (temporarily) break things off:
45	-->'''Tom:''' We're not 100% right for each other so there's nothing to be said.
46	-->'''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.
47	* SkipToTheEnd: The justice of the peace gives an even shorter wedding speech than he expected.
48	* SupremeChef: Tom, with appropriate FoodPorn when invoked.
49	%%* ShotgunWedding : [[spoiler: Suzie and Alex.]]
50	* TheUnpronounceable: Exaggerated in an extended version of the scene with Winton's dog Gwyrth. Tom, Vaneetha and Ming find the Welsh name impossible to pronounce, for no other reason other than GlobalIgnorance.
51	* WackyMarriageProposal : Violet: "I've dreamed about those receipts since I was a little girl."
52	* WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies: Celebrating their engagement, Alex proceeds to sing a "We Didn't Start the Fire" parody listing Tom's ex girlfriends.

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