Sex Tape
Annie and Jay (Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel) are a couple, who like many, have lost their spark. The couple who used to be nonstop into each other and infatuated with each other’s sexuality find themselves caught between kids, jobs, and the general stress of life and getting older. To rekindle their flame the two get the wild idea to make their own porn together, a sex tape based on every position in the world famous Joy of Sex, not a bad idea per se. But, when their sex tape accidentally gets uploaded to the iPads of all their friends and acquaintances, including the mailman, panic ensues. Mission “rid the porn before word gets out” is on and we’re off to the races, but, it appears as though Annie and Jay already too late. How to minimize the blast radius, jobs, lives, and family are at risk?
Brought to you by the same creative and directing team that brought the world Bad Teacher, director Jake Kasdan pleasantly strikes gold allowing his stars and co-stars (Rob Corddry, Ellie Kemper, and Rob Lowe) to shine nicely bringing their irreverant and quirky selves to the dinner table with writing that feels sharp, honest, and on point. And, for what probably cost very little to make, aside from talent fees, the end result is one of the summer’s funnier comedies. It’s all about chemistry and timing, sexual or not, but in this case, it works with laugh out loud results. On the other hand, Highbrow comedy seekers, search elsewhere, there’s nothing for you here, bet you could have guessed that. Still fun date fodder. Sex Tape is rated R.