Sex Tape English Movie
There are films that have a great idea and great intentions behind them, but they are defeated in terms of their execution. And then there are those films which are propped up on mediocre ideas and unsavory intentions, yet they manage to turn out well on the basis of great execution. This film belongs to the former category.
Sex Tape is a film that is as literal as its name. It is literally about a couple who run around town trying to keep people from watching their sex tape that they made while they were drunk. Sex Tape has also been made with the same amount of creativity that it took to come up with its name, which is almost next to none.
It has a great idea. Taking the age-old storyline of a couple who's stopped having sex after marriage and kids, and spinning it into both a new-age adult comedy and a scavenger hunt. It has decent intentions too. It even starts off well enough, establishing the sexless life that the once-great couple Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz have been living and how desperate they are to break out of this slump in their marriage. So, they decide to make a sex tape. All's well till they mistakenly gift people spare iPads that has the tape on them. All hell breaks loose.
There are a few funny episodes that follow, including an extended sequence at Rob Lowe's place. The scene itself isn't as funny, unless a dog chasing after you is your type of humor, in which case the scene is hilarious. It's more the talent that's on display in that particular sequence that makes you chuckle. That particular scene is also the last bit of fun that you'll have watching the film. The graph of the film steadily moves downward thereafter.
As long as the film is about finding people at the receiving end of their generosity and taking their iPads back from them, the film seems like harmless fun. Few jokes hit the mark, which is enough to keep the momentum carrying forward. It's after they finally discover who has been sending them the mysterious texts that the film tries to be something it's not: a touching rom-com giving relationship advice. The film eventually culminates in a finale of utter convenience and naivete.
A more skillful director would've been able to maintain the graph of the movie at a steady level, if not making it at a higher graph altogether. But Jake Kasdan isn't the guy for the job. Instead of embracing the ludicrousness of the whole plot, he makes the film completely predictable. You know what's coming next better than you know the back of your hand.
But despite it all, what keeps the film above water is the comic timing and the chemistry between the two leads. Cameron Diaz is as charming and as pleasing to the eye as ever. Plus, her role is probably more in her wheelhouse than playing herself in the film would've been. Jason Segel scores points with his easygoing performance, but loses so many points as a co-writer of the film that keeping count is useless. Guest appearances by Rob Lowe, Rob Corddry and Jack Black act as fillers, albeit good fillers.
In the end, the film never really manages to get into the groove and the fun ends prematurely (sex pun). It leaves you feeling cheated. You've done nothing to deserve that. This is one tape you'll be better off not watching.
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