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Sex Tape (2014)



Sex Tape (2014)

 
2/10



Starring
Cameron Diaz
Jason Segel
Rob Corddry
Ellie Kemper
Rob Lowe


Directed by Jake Kasdan


When you first start watching this movie, you’ll think it has potential. A couple makes a sex tape and accidentally distributes it—sounds fun, doesn’t it? It seems like an easy enough premise, and there are so many ways the movie could have gone to make it great and funny. Instead, the writers decided to make it feel like a bunch of guys knew what needed to happen and just tried their best to force it.

What I mean is:
The cast felt off, and the acting wasn’t worth what these actors are paid. The actors seemed so eager to get to the sex tape part that it felt like they were just jerking around on screen, waiting for things to begin. The script, though based on a simple idea, didn’t go anywhere. The movie’s plot starts and ends with “they made a sex tape and now have to retrieve it.”

Then there are the lines in the movie. It felt like the director was so eager to get the whole thing started that they forgot about building up a reasonable story. It was more like, “Let’s just get the shenanigans over with and make the sex tape already.”

Nothing good came out of the 90 minutes I invested in watching this movie, and I feel like I would’ve been better off not seeing it.

Here’s the plot: The movie starts off a little raw, with Cameron Diaz getting very graphic in her explanation of her sex life with her husband, Jason Segel. The couple, Jay and Annie, used to have a lot of sex, but after Annie gets pregnant and they get married, their whole life changes. They seem to plan to have sex more often than they actually do, with kids and work getting in the way. Their life feels like it’s at a standstill.

Then Annie sends the kids off to her mom’s house, and she and Jay decide to have some fun. This inspires them to make a sex tape—a three-hour-long one, no less.

Jay forgets to delete the tape, and it gets uploaded to his cloud, syncing to all his iPads. Here’s the stupid part: Jay buys a new iPad every time one comes out, and he buys two each time. He gives away the old ones to pretty much anyone who comes his way.

This movie was a stupid waste of my time and money. I don’t believe it was a financial success, and honestly, please don’t see it.

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