Sex Tape (2014) User Reviews

Promising Storyline, Disappointing Movie

[claudio_carvalho · 4/10 · 9 December 2014]

Jay (Jason Segel) and his girlfriend Annie (Cameron Diaz) love each other and have sex in the most unusual places. They get married and have two children, and soon their sex life is almost inexistent. One night, Annie leaves their children with her mother to have a night of sex with Jay, but they are tense and fail. Annie suggests Jay to make a home video to rekindle their sexual life and they have three hours of kinky sex.

Annie asks Jay to delete the footage but he forgets and leaves it in a cloud. Soon they search the Ipods they have given to their friends to promote Jay's songs to delete the video. But Jay receives a phone call from someone that has had access to the video. Who might be the mysterious intruder?

"Sex Tape" is an unfunny and disappointing comedy with a promising storyline. Most of the situations and characters are silly or stupid. The cameo of Jack Black and many scenes of Cameron Diaz are the best in this forgettable movie. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Sex Tape: Perdido na Nuvem" ("Sex Tape – Lost in the Cloud")

Neither sexy nor funny enough.

[BA_Harrison · 5/10 · 24 December 2014]

Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel play married couple Annie and Jay, who are dismayed to realise that leading a hectic family life has had a seriously negative impact on their physical relationship. When they find themselves with an evening free from the kids, the couple decide to try and revitalise their love-life by filming themselves performing EVERY position from 70s manual The Joy of Sex. The proverbial hits the fan, however, when the couple realise in horror that their current iPad has synced their home-made porn with all of the other tablets they have previously owned-tablets that they have given away as gifts to various friends and associates.

For most of its running time, Sex Tape smacks of desperation, chucking in as much unsophisticated sexual humour as the R rating will allow, but rarely getting the expected laughs; when Jack Black and Rob Lowe provide a film's funniest moments, then Houston, we have a problem. Of course, for many men, the biggest lure will undoubtedly be the sight of Diaz in the altogether, and at 42, she still has a very commendable body; unfortunately, facially speaking, she has started to resemble Jack Nicholson in Batman, which is just a bit off-putting-although not nearly as off-putting as Segel's hairy ass, which gets far too much screen time for my liking. Let's just say that the sight of Diaz and Segel rutting really ain't all that sexy.

The film also suffers from a typically maudlin Hollywood finale in which our adventurous couple's ordeal helps them to remember just why they fell in love in the first place. Gack!

Mildly amusing

[smatysia · 6/10 · 3 January 2015]

Well a lot of vitriol has been spewed on this site about this movie. Particularly with comedies, filmmakers never know what will tickle the fancy of the movie-going public. They have to throw a lot of stuff at the wall and see what sticks. The script for, say, "Caddyshack" had to have looked so sophomoric that the suits must have thought themselves crazy to green-light that project, but it made a fortune and is now considered a classic comedy. This film was filled with crude humor and an okay premise, but it turned out okay. I found it mildly amusing, and the beautiful Cameron Diaz held my interest. I've certainly seen a lot worse.

One of the worst movies...

[dc_max · 1/10 · 19 July 2014]

I don't like to be negative, but I feel obligated to help save the rest of the world from wasting their hard earned money on this movie. This is just about the worst movie I can recall ever seeing in my entire life in the movie theater, and I have seen more movies than anyone I know. There were about 10 minutes of this movie that I can honestly say were funny, but the remaining 84 minutes were just complete and utter agony. The movie takes the concepts of silly and campy to new lows. The movie is laden with deliberate and unintelligent attempts at campy humor, but every attempt falls flat. The concept behind the movie was great, but the execution simply does not measure up. Disappointed! Can I get my money back?

Not (quite) as bad as it's made out to be

[bowmanblue · 7/10 · 25 January 2015]

Okay, in case you haven't already heard, 'Sex Tape' has been pretty much slated everywhere. Currently it's up for goodness knows how many 'Razzie' awards for how bad it is. And, if you check out the online reviews, you'll see that most people pretty much agreed with its nominations.

So, I sat down to watch it, confident in the knowledge that I'd probably be turning it off at about the half hour mark. I actually sat through it all the way.

Yes, it's not that good. If you're looking for a laugh-a-minute comedy then you won't find it here. Also, if you're looking for some sort of touching, heart-felt comedy, you won't find that here, either. However, if you're generally okay with comedy which is totally based around sex and don't have your expectations too high, then it's not as bad as some people are making it out to be.

I read that much of the hate towards this film centres around the on-screen chemistry between Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel. I can see where this is coming from. Most of the time the pair of them play off each other pretty well, but there were certainly a few scenes where their relationship felt very awkward, forced and even scripted. Diaz handles it better than Segel and she's definitely doing her best to keep the film going.

Before you watch this film, stop for a moment to ponder its title. Sex Tape. Does that really conjure up images of high-brow drama and sophistication? Hopefully not. It's pretty much telling you what to expect on the label. I think the trick to getting something out of this is to suitably lower your expectations and accept it for what it is – a pretty run-of-the-mill comedy which has its moments, but, ultimately, you probably won't remember for too long. Don't hate it based on what you've heard, just make sure you're in the mood for what it is before you contemplate sitting down for an hour and a half to watch it.

A really poor comedy

[trublu215 · 2/10 · 17 July 2014]

Sex Tape tells the tale of a couple who, as the title suggest, make a sex tape and it gets leaked. Now this is a perfect example of a great concept that morphs into a really bland and unfunny movie. Cameron Diaz and Jason Segal play a bored married couple trying to spice things up. For the sake of the film, these characters are needed but the actors in the roles are surprisingly typecast at this point. Jason Segal plays an R-rated version of his How I Met Your Mother character and it doesn't exactly benefit him at this point because these are the roles he is now stuck in. He's very good at what he does but this is the one film where his performance grows weary about mid way through. Cameron Diaz isn't much better either, while she does generate a couple chuckles it still isn't nearly enough to help it. The supporting cast featuring Rob Lowe and Rob Corddry do generate most of the laughs, it again doesn't make for anything of a redeeming quality. Jake Kasdan directs from a poorly executed screenplay that features a great idea and glimpses of its genius in some of its twists but they are not enough to set this comedy apart from the million other R rated comedies that have come and gone. Much like Bad Teacher, this film has maybe two good scenes while the rest become bogged down with useless crude jokes for the sake of having a R rating. Overall, Sex Tape marks another disappointing comedy with its overtly crude for the sake of being crude scenes and flat performances.

Better than expected

[tr91 · 7/10 · 4 October 2014]

Sex Tape turned out to be more enjoyable than I expected it to be. It wasn't a film that was full of laughs but it had a few and in general I was smirking most of the way through. Yes it is silly but its certainly not the worst comedy film I've seen.

Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel have a good on screen chemistry once again , as they also did in 2011 comedy, Bad Teacher. The film is straight to the point and to me it flowed along quite nicely despite some cringe worthy moments.

The humor is pretty crude but it certainly could have been ruder, I did expect there to be some actual nudity but that wasn't the case. The plot did come a little ridiculous/predictable towards the end but overall I still enjoyed the movie enough to watch it the whole way through with no issues (Cameron Diaz's charm and sexiness being the main factor).

I was going to rate it 6/10 but towards the end when the actual tape was shown, I couldn't stop laughing at the flip move that Cameron Diaz done 3 times! Best bit of the film for me.

7/10.

The Trailer is Better Than the Whole Film!

[3xHCCH · 3/10 · 14 August 2014]

When they were just dating, Jay and Annie had the best sex anywhere and anytime. Since they got married and had kids though, their sexual activity dipped to below zero. One frustrating night when their attempts for sex were going nowhere, Annie hits on the idea to take a video of themselves having sex to make things more exciting. Aroused by the camera, they had a three-hour sex marathon following all the positions prescribed in the book "The Joy of Sex".

In the morning, Annie reminds Jay to delete the video. However, Jay inadvertently uploads the video onto the cloud and an app automatically shared it with people to whom they had given their old iPads to, including their kids, parents, friends, and even the mailman. Jay and Annie scramble to get all of these iPads back and off the internet.

All of that I had written in the synopsis you can also get from watching the trailer. All the funny parts are already there in that short clip. When you watch the whole film, there was nothing else worth watching anymore. In fact, the trailer was even edited better than the film itself, making it more hilarious than the film itself.

After the initial funny premise had already been laid down, the rest of the film was nothing more than prolonging the agony and beating an already dead horse. That whole sequence in the house of Rob Lowe's character (as the CEO of the company interested in buying Annie's mommy blog) was unbearably unfunny.

Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz are funny actors, but these are already very familiar roles for them and they seem to just be sleepwalking through them. Segel, in particular seems to be stereotyped already in this type of role of a lovelorn loser. Diaz is a favorite actress of mine, and I am able to find something positive in even her reviled films, like "Bad Teacher" (which also starred Segel). There is still her great-looking body to like here, but unfortunately, not much else.

Fun watch

[c-campeau · 7/10 · 14 December 2014]

Really, it's not that bad. I have no idea why people are raving about how bad it was. It's like all the other popular comedies out there. It's not meant to be profound. Yes, some of the things meant to make me laugh didn't, but others did. For example, I don't find the scenes with the dog funny, but I love the raunchiness and the premise. Fear the cloud!

Also, nice to see a naked DUDE for a change instead of just female nudity!!!!!

Why do I need 10 lines? This is silly... why say more than necessary. I think being concise is more appreciated.

complete boring garbage

[agacyb · 1/10 · 18 July 2014]

I can't remember the last time I wanted to walk out of a movie; there are times I fall asleep but it's rare that I'm suffering enough to actually leave. I felt that way within 15 minutes of sitting through "Sex Tape" and it never improved, it just kept getting more agonizingly crappy. It was bad enough that I don't think I can ever look at Cameron Diaz again and certainly will never go to another one of her movies. Jason Segal... that'll take a while as well. The writing was unimaginably boring, like a bad drama trying to be a comedy. Painful. Was there some reason that the best friends' kid had it in for Jason Segal's character, because I never figured that out. Can't imagine what they were thinking. Just awful massive fail.

Lots of negative reviews, but I liked it.

[charlienapolitano-503-66145 · 9/10 · 12 September 2020]

I thought this was a fun movie. People seem to be taking it way too seriously and bashing it. Jason and Cameron if your reading this, I liked it. Keep it up.

Pointless.

[mesparza95 · 1/10 · 19 July 2014]

Why would you even make a sex tape if you're just going to delete it later? Usually a thing like this would be kept as a memento or something. Also only rich white people would buy all their friends ipad 2's. With also very stale jokes already being thrown at us that cannot even get a smirk out of you or me for that matter. If you enjoyed this movie good for you, and your bad sense of humor. Already unbelievable, you'd expect more from four writers including Jason Segel who has read scripts before. I guess this was just for a quick buck (out of our pockets of course)and to not bring anything new or refreshing.

Praying they give this useless film and the actors Razzies. 1 out of 10.

I'll keep this short, sweet, and simple because this movie didn't.

[Rama_Andor1416 · 1/10 · 17 July 2014]

So the re-team of 2011's Bad Teacher which I did like very much ends up three years later to make a film that is so outdated with a story that no one cares about. But that is the thing we never can go to a comedy to see the plot because the best comedy limit there plot just enough to add clever jokes to keep you in the seat the you paid for. Well guess what this movie fails at every inch of trying to be like the 2010's Date Night with Steve Carell and Tina Fey with them meeting a bunch of colorful characters that you would rather see in a funnier movie. This is one of the worst films of the year because of course it is boring flat and dull but not even that justifies how bad it is. At least at flipping least The Other Woman was kind alive and bright with it being funny because I can see what people like in that movie. But this is just gosh awful with nothing to convince you at least a single point of being funny smart or even enjoyable because the actors don't even give it there comedy all with nothing to do except run this tired plot into the ground that goes no where.

Do I like comedies? Heck yea. Good ones. But this is just not it.

But people complain that nothing goes on in Neighbors but at least that is a film that is alive and knows what it wants to be with a great team up and execution that makes me dying laughing but this is just one word awful. This is one Sex Tape that will not make anyone enjoy so do you all yourself a favor and go see TF4, Apes, or anything else please because this crap beyond belief.

Shallow and perverted

[RyanCShowers · 20 July 2014]

Cameron Diaz headlined a shoddy comedy that opened earlier in 2014, "The Other Woman", but instead of improving from the mistake of choosing that script to further her career, Diaz outdoes her poor script selection with "Sex Tape". The adjective "atrocious" was used in numerous film reviews in describing "Sex Tape". Atrocious is such a jarring word, it sounds like it could tear skin if used too aggressively. The term should only be used selectively, but the quality of the screenplay used to produce "Sex Tape" creates justifiable cause to snort that word every second of the feeble film.

In "Sex Tape", Diaz and Jason Segal's characters, Jay and Annie, create their three-hour sex video using an iPad. Their captured copulation becomes a "must-see" by anyone in the film with knowledge of the recording. Maybe that's what Director Jake Kasdan hoped would be the reaction to his newly released comedy, but the final result does not warrant a compulsive urge to see it, nor does it scream box-office sellout. Once they absorb the first ten minutes, audiences will react with a desire to run away from the theater instead of a continued persistence to watch it. The talent of Diaz and Segal is squandered into superficial characters and a defective plot line. Diaz declares her agenda as an actress with "Sex Tape". As mentioned earlier, she starred in another horrid effort this year, "The Other Woman", and what both movies have common are crude, oversimplified stories that can be accessed by just about anyone in the target audience demographic. Pursuing challenging roles like she did in "Being John Malkovich", "Something About Mary", and "Vanilla Sky" has seemed to have vanished from Diaz's current plans. Instead, she seems focused on being a top-rated actress at the box-office. If I'm completely incorrect and these scripts are the best she is offered, then her time is done and she should surrender.

For the material she uses, Diaz does fine in her role. I actually have no squabbles about anything she contributes as an actress to "Sex Tape". Too bad no other film element is aiding her like a script, a well-written character, a competent director or a co-star in Jason Segal, whose discouraging performance is barely worth mentioning. Segal's reputation reminds us he's reliable, but his work here suggests a professional decline. He is dormant most of the film. One of his character's "exclamatory" lines includes an "I'm so excited right now," but he says it so lethargically that I was not sure if his character was being sincere or sarcastic.

"Sex Tape" lacks the nerve to carry out the implications of its risqué title and premise. The film slaps its cards on the table in the first 30 minutes, then fritters an hour of your life away on plot developments that travel to insane levels past the original concept and fruitless dialogue that talks in circles. "Sex Tape" has all the talk and hype, but the final product is shallow and slightly perverted.

The lesson that can be imparted from "Sex Tape" is that some trailers do not lie. If it has a name that screams "RAZZIE!" and hokey previews, then it's probably going to expel respect out of the reputation of the once acclaimed Diaz and the always-promising Segal. Those who wisely avoided the trailers are in the safe zone, but everyone else who takes pleasure in seeing Diaz's eternal charm sparkle the screen and hoped that maybe "Sex Tape" would be something irreverently fun like "Bad Teacher" will be proved wrong.

½ / * * * *

Well I laughed!

[rawiri42 · 7/10 · 11 July 2015]

I haven't clicked the spoilers button for this movie since I feel that, if the title doesn't warn anyone who is prudish not to watch it, what would? However, if IMDb want to add a spoiler alert then that's OK with me.

So, having got that out of the way, on to the movie. The overall rating on IMDb (51) is a lot lower than my score (75) and one reviewer seems to have picked up on why that may be where he says that he felt it was more tailored to the British sense of humour than the American. That is interesting inasmuch that the film IS an American one so obviously some Americans think that way. Anyway, I was born in Britain and I thought "Sex Tape" was hilarious.

Yes, there were a few scenes (like the altercation with the dog) where it became a bit stupid and I put those down to the American "slapstick"-type humour (yes, humour DOES have a U in it!) which I usually detest. However, in the context of this movie, I actually thought that stupid humour was appropriate.

Let's face it, the whole movie is (and I firmly believe was intended to be) ridiculous. Now that I'm no longer married, I really wish I had made some footage of my wife and I "playing" because it was pretty good and now I don't have it. I actually wonder just how many openly honest married couples have actually done exactly what Jay and Annie did in "Sex Tape" to keep as a memento of their younger days for when they get older and slow down a bit. After all, whether the prudes like it or not, sex IS a very important part of a marriage relationship and also one of the most fun parts, The prudes video their holidays and other family events for posterity so why not video the best of all? No one but the participants want to watch other people's home videos anyway so what's the big deal?

Another aspect that I saw as more typically American was that Jay had given a number of i-Pads to friends and associates. Who the hell does that? None of my friends ever gave me anything that expensive! And, if he could afford that, what was all the concern about paying Howard $25k?

Since practically everyone that mattered to Jay and Annie eventually knew about the tape anyway, what would have been a great alternative ending to the movie would have been for them to put it onto YouTube with an appropriate advertising link and then get paid for every time it was viewed. I have heard about people who have been fortunate to capture interesting and very unusual events on video who have done that and made millions from it.

Really not that bad!

[sixstringsmything · 7/10 · 22 September 2015]

This was obviously a sort of gratuitous "sex" comedy anyway. Why people are panning this like it's the worst movie ever is beyond me. It's not meant to be Gone With The Wind.

It's not infallible, but it's funny and I'm a sucker for seeing Cameron Diaz's body! It's not as bullseye-funny as many of the Apatow comedies that Segal is more known for, but it was still funny. A few scenes were hilarious. I thought Rob Lowe's character was funny, as well as his house! The plot was simple and they stuck with it. People expecting some cinematic masterpiece from a film called "Sex Tape" are aiming way too high. The movie delivered exactly as advertised.

I wonder if that was really Cameron's real naked butt!

An extended Apple advert...

[umontu · 1/10 · 4 September 2014]

This is a bad film.

I can not begin to describe the displeasure this film gave me because I get more annoyed as I try, being reminded of different aspects as I go.

The absolute nadir of the film for me was the following.

There is a scene, and this is not a spoiler, in which the protagonist throws an ipad out of a window. That alone should be enough to raise some form of suspicion, something that people in this film universe seem to lack, but no... Instead it's a great scene for product placement.

"WOW!" Exclaims the protagonist "These are durable!"

At that point I got very angry, both myself and another person shouted in anger at the screen.

Do not watch this film.

Ever.

If you do their marketing team will think it's a success and they'll make more.

Another stupid comedy

[matthew-denis-conway · 6/10 · 11 September 2014]

I saw the trailer to this film a few weeks back and thought "what a load of rubbish". We arrange to hook up with a few friends and turns out they've seen the film we wanted to watch (lets be cops) and we've seen the film they wanted to watch (the hundred foot journey) so we ended up deciding on sex tape*.

So I went into this film with very low expectations and it started off with a pretty cringeworthy intro with Diaz reading her personal blog entry about sex and how she and her partner had loads of it, it was pretty stupid and didn't really add much. But there were some laughs in there at the stupidity of it. So I settled in thinking right, forget the story just enjoy the silly laughs and so I did. This film has brainless laughs throughout it surprised me that it wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be and I actually enjoyed watching it moreso than I have a few other recent comedies that I was really looking forward to.

I think if you are going to dissect this film you'll be at it for years, it's terrible. However, for brainless laughs and a bit of awkward comedy it's great; take that mindset when watching and it's quite enjoyable. Don't be expecting brilliance, but it's OK.

"Hollywood Has Gone Way Overboard With Sex Exploitation"

[jazzdaddy · 3/10 · 19 July 2014]

First of all, let me say that the characters were great. Diaz and Segel are very talented, funny people in comic roles. The movie overall had a very cute, however stupid, story line, but the portrayal of that story line goes down hill in a hurry thanks to the direction of the film maker. Ever since Seth Grogan came on the scene, who's mouth spews filth from every direction, Hollywood has been pushing the limits with each new "comedy" film. Each director trying to outdo the other in terms of gross humor. There are no secrets left in sex. None. Everything is brought out on the screen and in disgusting dialog that leave little if any to one's imagination. Call me old fashion. Call me an old fart. I just don't see the humor in "Coc..s..ker and motherf...er over and over throughout the movie. What is the purpose? To see how much they can get away with and still make a boatload of $$$? To push the sensor meter to the limit and get a positive rise out of the audience? To me, this is nothing more than a serious deterioration of what little is left of society's morals. Now, it's all about whatever sells.

Seinfeld was hilarious. Will & Grace was hilarious. Comedy like the pink panther series was hilarious. Yet not a word of BS was spoken and folks just laughed their collective asses off. Go figure! One of the funniest comedic films of late was, "Hall Pass". The charters were cast perfectly and it was a fun film to watch. Yet it did not resemble Sex Tape in any way, shape or form in language content or visual calamity. I'll be damned if I ever waste another $16. on trash like Sex Tape again. Cameron Diaz I love you, but you can do much better than this.

Couple gave it a chance and enjoyed it.

[erewuoysa · 8/10 · 13 December 2014]

I was excited for this film when I saw the trailer. The idea seemed pretty funny and I'm a huge fan of Jason Segel's work. When it came out, I read the reviews and a bunch of people told me that it wasn't great. I figured I'd rent it once it came out and if it's really terrible then we could just do some mystery science theater action over it. I don't really understand why people hated it so much. It was funny and relatable but also a bit off the wall. I enjoyed Jason and Cameron together as well. I think that it's something that you can watch with your significant other if you both enjoy comedies. A lot of reviews compare it to Bad Teacher but I disagree. Bad Teacher was bad and it should feel bad. Sex Tape has redeeming qualities, it shouldn't be disregarded because of the bad reviews. I would definitely watch this movie again and plan to in the future.

Sometimes hilarious but a lot of times just uncomfortable.

[enderwilliam22 · 6/10 · 20 July 2014]

So this film has its humor, there are a lot of ways to make a plot like this funny. However, the plot itself doesn't really make a whole lot of sense, and the good hilarious parts seem to be sandwiched between really awkward and uncomfortable moments. They emphasize the "sex" part of sex tape a lot, and while dirty jokes are obviously going to get some laughs, I felt the writers went a little overboard and diminished the film's merit as a whole. Especially in the beginning, they made Jason Segel's character like an awkward porn star and it was just weird to me. Still, there were definitely times I was cracking up during this film, so if you can stomach the weirdness and uncomfortable sex jokes I'd go see this if you've got nothing better to do.

Literally one of the worst movies of all time

[sifc33 · 2/10 · 23 July 2014]

For YEARS! and I mean for years, the worst movie I've ever seen in theaters was "Drop Dead Fred." Not sure why, but that movie was so utterly terribad, it had stuck with me for the past 25yrs of owning the crown jewel of atrociousness.

Well ladies and gentlemen, we have a new winner...

I'm not sure where to even start, and how to subjectively articulate my disdain but let's start with some basics. 1. The over usage of f-bombs every other scene for zero affect or purpose to the script or character development, and just merely as an "adult" filler-word bc the writers are too ignorant to utilize another word in order to express their emotions. Pointless and redundant.

2. The "jokes" and I use that term lightly, were ssssoooo forced and legitimately clichés of past movies combined. Even the end has a special cameo, and it was so painful to watch one of the funniest dudes in comedy completely lose his wit to this script and one-liners. I literally laughed at an actual funny line maybe twice. No seriously, twice did I actually LoL (as the kids say)

3. CDiaz is a total fox, OK and her walking around half-naked isn't that bad, and I didn't care too much...but good gracious J.Segal, now respect to that dude bc he kinda got shredded and lost some lbs for the role, so respect to your swag bro, but I didn't need to see his bare ass, with crack hair. It's nauseating.

4. The "plot" oh my, wow I mean I wasn't even sure what each scene to the next was talking about? Honestly it was painful to follow, not difficult, just painful.

All in all, please don't subject yourself to this torture film.

You're welcome sifc33

Pretty bad

[Red_Identity · 23 July 2014]

This is the problem with going out with friends who have very different taste in films than you... you get dragged to go see stuff like this, stuff that you would have otherwise not seen. I've gotten really tired of Jason Segal doing his usual comedy routine in everything he comes out in. I'm so sick of him. Cameron Diaz is charming enough and definitely does her best, but there's just so much one can do with the material. The supporting performances aren't bad, in particular Rob Lowe who is pretty hilarious. The scenes in his house are easily the only good thing about the film, and seeing as how that part was pretty hilarious, I can't give it such a lower score.

Some laughs, but it's very hit-or-miss

[Sandcooler · 6/10 · 27 August 2014]

Throughout the first act of this movie, I was seriously considering walking out and finding something better. The set-up is really quite long and unfunny. The two main characters are bored with their sex lives, how long do you need to get that point across? A lot of these scenes seemed very cuttable, even the part where they actually make the sex tape is a tad boring. Do we have to know she writes a successful blog? Do we have to know he works at a radio station? I'm not booing character development here, but it all seems so redundant and desperately uninteresting. Suddenly though, the movie does pick up the pace and it's mainly got its supporting cast to thank for it. Rob Lowe as a crazed cokehead (such a stretch), the strangely uncredited Jack Black endlessly listing porn site names and especially Rob Corddry as the in movies like this inevitable pervy friend, they all made me laugh quite a bit. It doesn't necessarily make the movie any good, but at least it slowly got more entertaining. "Sex Tape" is one of those movies that's just good enough to not ask your money back, it's up to you whether or not that's an endorsement.

Hate the title, love the stars, the film in-between is okay, not great, and too risqué for some

[inkblot11 · 6/10 · 5 August 2014]

Annie (Cameron Diaz) and Jay (Jason Segal) met in college and fell in love. Sex in those days was terrific and happened VERY frequently. After the wedding, however, the birth of two darling children, Jay's hectic career as a music executive and Annie's successful blog, their intimate relationship has suffered. Neither wants this but can't seem to rekindle the magic, even when the children are at the babysitters. Thus, after reflection, Annie comes up with an idea. Why don't they make a private, for-our-eyes-only sex tape, following the Joy of Sex, and see if the later viewing will rev things up. It works. A night of ecstacy leaves them both estatic. Jay, of course, promises Annie with fingers crossed that he will destroy the tape pronto. Only, he doesn't. Instead, he accidentally sends it to most of their acquaintances. What are they going to do? Annie is in the running for a great job blogging professionally for a children's toy company run by Hank (Rob Lowe). What is this guy finds out about this? How can they stop their friends from viewing it and sending it on? Its going to be difficult as Annie and Jay race around, trying various ploys to get the tape destroyed! This okay film has a title I don't truly like but very likable stars. In truth, Diaz and Segal take the movie far beyond its script, as they are comic experts. Lowe, also, is extremely funny in a role that calls him to sport a prissy image that may hide some secrets. Rob Cordry, Jack Black, and the other supporting cast members are fine, too. Also, settings, costumes, and photography are beautiful. One must call out the lame script and haphazard direction for making the film an average, forgettable experience. Nevertheless, if you like the stars, you might want to give it a whirl when the DVD is released.