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When Annie (Cameron Diaz) and Jay (Jason Segel) first meet, they have an instant and intense romantic connection. However, 10 years and two children later, the flames of passion have dimmed to dull embers. To bring back the spark, the couple decide to record themselves trying out every position in "The Joy of Sex," which seems like a great idea at the time -- until they discover that their private recording has gone public via the Internet.
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With neither the conviction to embrace its smutty premise nor enough laughs to function as a worthwhile rom-com, the flaccid Sex Tape suffers from cinematic impotence.

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Jake Coyle Associated Press In short, it's a PG plot for an X-rated story. May 31, 2016 Full Review Mark Kermode Observer (UK) I counted three laughs in this wannabe bawdy comedy of errors, and one of them was a Breaking Bad gag so far past its tell-by date that even I got the joke. Rated: 2/5 Sep 7, 2014 Full Review Geoffrey Macnab Independent (UK) Sex Tape is wittier and less smutty than its reputation might suggest. Rated: 3/5 Sep 5, 2014 Full Review James Croot Stuff.co.nz The humour is a slightly uneasy mix of barbs, pratfalls and look-away-now cringe. Rated: 2/5 Dec 3, 2022 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review It's painful to watch so many talented people in such a bad movie Rated: 1/4 Aug 5, 2022 Full Review Dan Brightmore NME (New Musical Express) Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel can't save this cringeworthy caper comedy... Rated: 2/5 May 26, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member uhhhhh yeah that was something Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Reverse M It would have been better if it has more sex and less comedy and maybe I could enjoy myself and focus a little bit more Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/10/21 Full Review georgan g Silly, but it had it's moments. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Rob Lowe likes snorting coke to Slayer. "Angel of Death" is on the soundtrack. Cameron Diaz is at her absolute hottest body in this one. The realistic portrayal of a couple in mid-life sex crisis is refreshingly hilarious. All theater patrons can relate to the many fails in bed that the two main stars face. To spice things up they make a porno of them doing all the moves in the Kama Sutra (I know it sounds as terrible of an idea as it actually looks in the movie). This is not laugh out loud hilarity, but it is relatable and will make you smile a lot. The boy that blackmails them is perfectly incorrigible - a Darth Vader villain if I have ever seen one. The frantic panic of the entire film is a bit much. I know they were going for laughter but instead it makes you feel like you snorted a bump with Lowe. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member What did I think of Sex Tape? Check out my review below: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Kdyk5Us2yXzyt9gNNOPng?si=w-kR4dc0Sc6KhfkaQBGPVw Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member What can you say about a bad comedy other than it’s not funny? Sex Tape is a movie entirely built on the premise of a couple that has decided to spice up their love life by recording themselves having sex, and then accidentally releasing that recording to others. For starters, the mental gymnastics they go through in order to explain how the video is spread is utterly moronic. It’s clear the writers were trying to figure out a plot device that would allow the “sex tape” to be released wide enough to make the couple nervous but not so wide that they can do nothing to contain it. So their solution is to invent a main character who is rich enough to hand out iPads like they are candy, and yet dumb enough to think syncing up his media library to all these devices makes sense. From the beginning this makes Jason Segal both annoying and dumb which is not a good combination in a protagonist. I suppose the stupid premise could be saved if the madcap journey to recover all the iPads had been funny. Poor logic is forgivable in a good comedy, but Sex Tape is about as far from a good comedy as you can get. Their “wacky” journey amounts to only 3 stops, and the best attempt at a joke they can muster is having a guy who presents himself as warm and kind, listening to heavy metal and snorting cocaine (while Jason Segel fights with a dog.) This isn’t even good enough to make me crack a smile. Most of the twists and turns in the film are predictable, and that also spoils any attempt at surprising you into a laugh. It’s sad because I actually like both Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz, and they seem like a good pair to star in a film as a comedic duo. But with a script as uninspiring as what they were given in Sex Tape, no one will ever be clamoring for them to try again. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/19/20 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When Annie (Cameron Diaz) and Jay (Jason Segel) first meet, they have an instant and intense romantic connection. However, 10 years and two children later, the flames of passion have dimmed to dull embers. To bring back the spark, the couple decide to record themselves trying out every position in "The Joy of Sex," which seems like a great idea at the time -- until they discover that their private recording has gone public via the Internet.
Director
Jake Kasdan
Producer
Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch
Screenwriter
Kate Angelo, Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
LStar Capital, Escape Artists, Media Rights Capital (MRC), Columbia Pictures
Rating
R (Nudity|Language|Some Drug Use|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 18, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 21, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$38.5M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital
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