Let’s start by saying this up front. The idea of a sex tape
may have been controversial about 10 years ago but with the number of
celebrities who have had them mysteriously released and talk on daytime talk
shows about people doing this to spice up their marriages it’s an old topic
now. I guess the makers of this film thought it was a funny idea when they
started but the movie they’ve delivered leaves much to be desired.
Cameron Diaz plays Annie and Jason Segel plays Jay, a couple
which met years ago and fell hopelessly in lust. Yes it seems that when they
met in college years ago the attraction was more about how many times and
places they could have sex than anything deeper. The progress to the point
where they decide to get married, have kids and then suddenly things change.
Reality sets in. Instead of making whoopee all the time they now have to do
things like work, get the kids places they need to go, feed the kids, spend
time with the kids…you know, real life stuff. With all of this going on they
have no time left for one another and when they find time they’re both too
exhausted to do anything.
One night when they do have some time alone Annie suggests
to Jay that they make a sex tape, one of the things they’ve heard so much
about. Their plan is to do as many positions from their old JOY OF SEX book
which they will film with their iPad. When done, they’ll have a laugh and
delete the whole thing. Of course since we know the title of the movie we know
that this won’t be what happens. Jay routinely gets iPads and when the new one
comes in he gives the old one to someone else like his in-laws or kids or
friends. Since he mixes music he leaves on a syncing program to each one that
downloads everything he leaves on his iPad so they can get updated music mixes
he does. Unfortunately he keeps the sex tape for himself forgetting all about
this.
Suddenly the pair are running around like mad in an attempt
to locate every single iPad that Jay has handed out starting with their kids,
moving on the his in-laws and then to their friends. One of the big ones though
is getting it back from a possible employer Annie gave one to with her video
resume on it. As played by Rob Lowe he does his best with the part given to him
but his recent DirecTV commercials are much funnier.
This isn’t to say that there aren’t occasional funny moments
in this movie. The problem is when you try to go back and remember what they
are the chances of coming up with one are slim. No one involved here feels like
this was a movie that they just couldn’t wait to be in. They bring little life
to the movie which results in your just not caring enough what happens to them.
Diaz gives it the old college try but she’s done so many roles like this
they’ve all begun to blend into one another. Segel has done much better than
this and here just seems to be walking from one soundstage to the next with no
enthusiasm.
I guess if there is nothing much else to watch on TV or on
cable or at your choice of rental locations this might be one to pick up. It
can’t hurt (but definitely not for children as if that needs said) but it’s not
a film I would say you want to rush out to rent let alone buy. As I think back
I’m not sure I’d even pick this one up once it hits the discount racks at Walmart.
Even $5 seems too much to pay for this one.
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