‘The Five-Year Engagement’ Movie Preview: Trailer, Cast and Plot

Jason Segel and Emily Blunt star in the R-rated romantic comedy The Five-Year Engagement. Directed by Nicholas Stoller, the Universal Pictures release opens in theaters on April 27, 2012.

Emily Blunt stars as Violet Barnes, Jason Segel plays Tom Solomon, Chris Pratt is Alex Eilhauer, Alison Brie is Suzie Barnes-Eilhauer, and Rhys Ifans is Winton Childs. Mimi Kennedy plays Carol Solomon, David Paymer is Pete Solomon, Jacki Weaver is Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes, Jim Piddock is George Barnes, and Mindy Kaling is Vaneetha.

Emily Blunt and Jason Segel in 'The Five Year Engagement'
Emily Blunt and Jason Segel in 'The Five Year Engagement' - © Universal Pictures

The Plot:The director and writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall reteam for the irreverent comedy The Five-Year Engagement. Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from director Nicholas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow and Rodney Rothman looks at what happens when an engaged couple, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.