Review of Sex Tape (2014) by Bruce722 — 08 Nov 2014

Oh how much potential this movie had. I'm not going to lie, this movie had me laughing to tears for the first hour. It's one of the funniest and most original comedies I've seen since The Hangover and it was on pace for a 10/10 rating. Then the writers had the ultimate fail and ruined the plot.

The film follows Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz as they go from young lovers to married with children who don't have the same love life they once did in their youth. In order to spice things up, they decide to make a sex tape and record it with Segel's iPad. In a sharing snafu their intimate moment is shared with everyone who has been an iPad by Segel in the past... approximately half a dozen people. Now the adventure begins. The two of them have to go track down these iPads and delete the video from them before their friends and family members discover the newly added flick. Oh man are there some amazingly hilarious scenes. Unfortunately, the writers didn't understand how awesome this was and after acquiring one of them, the movie takes a drastic turn for the worse. Instead of making a film where they go from adventure to more chaotic adventure, the movie loses much of its excitement after being confronted and blackmailed by a ten year old. After this point, while there were still a few funny moments, the movie was largely predictable and lacked the same feeling and magic.

Overall I still suggest the movie to people who don't mind crude humor but it's no longer the must watch that it could've and should've been.